Countries
Laos
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
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.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.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)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
God morgen
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Please
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Denmark
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
5.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
dansk
  
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
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
lao
  
danois
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
c. 1100 AD
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Rigsdansk
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Fusional
  
Lao and Danish 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 Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Danish language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Danish Difficulty
The Lao vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Danish 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 Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.