Countries
Laos
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
hej
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
god morgon
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
hej då
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Svenska
  
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
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
lao
  
suédois
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Standard Swedish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Lao and Swedish Speaking population
Lao and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Lao vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Swedish Language Codes
Lao and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.