Countries
Laos
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Ethiopia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Selam
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
tschao
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
lao
  
amharique
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Amharas
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Fusional
  
Lao and Amharic Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lao and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Amharic language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Amharic Difficulty
The Lao vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Amharic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lao and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.