1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Zulu language
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Moni
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Zikomo
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Muli bwanji?
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Usiku wabwino
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Madzulo abwino
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Masana abwino
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
M'mawa wabwino
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
pepani
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
anatsanzikana
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ndimakukondani
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million12.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Nyanja
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
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
5.3.4 French Name
lao
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Chewa people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology