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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
14
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
  • The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5324
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
285
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2721
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
63
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Habari
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Asante
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Habari gani?
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Usiku mwema
3.5 Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Habari za jioni
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
nzuri Alasiri
3.7 Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Habari za asubuhi
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
tafadhali
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
pole
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
bye
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
nakupenda
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Samahani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Kiunguja
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Zanzibar island
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Kimrima
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Dar es Salaam
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Central Lao
Kimgao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Kilwa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
612
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million150.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NANA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million15.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NANA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
5.3.4 French Name
lao
swahili
5.3.5 German Name
Laotisch
Swahili
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Swahili people or Waswahili
6 History
6.1 Origin
1283 CE
6th century
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tai
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Lao
Swahili
6.3.3 Language Position
NANA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
lo
sw
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
lao
swa
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
lao
swa
7.3 ISO 639 3
lao
swa
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
laoo1244
swah1254
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Not Available

Lao and Swahili Alphabets

Lao and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Swahili. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Lao and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Swahili languages. The Lao phonology consist Lao vowels and Lao consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Lao greetings vs Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

All Lao and Swahili Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Lao and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Lao and Swahili Speaking population

Lao and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Lao and Swahili on Lao vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Swahili Language Codes

Lao and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.