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Lao and Yoruba


Lao
Yoruba and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Yoruba Academy   

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.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
12   
9

How Many Consonants
27   
17
17   
7

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
e dupe   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
e kaaro   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
Jowo   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
binu   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
bye   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
Yorùbá   

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   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
lao   
yoruba   

German Name
Laotisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
4 BC   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
Not Available   
49   
36

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
yor   

ISO 639 3
lao   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Lao and Yoruba 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 Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lao and Yoruba Speaking population

Lao and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Lao vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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