Countries
Laos
  
Norway
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Norway
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nynorsk
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Norwegian 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.
  
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-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)
  
takk
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
god natt
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
god kveld
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
god ettermiddag
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
god morgen
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Vær så snill
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
unnskyld
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
ha det
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
unnskyld meg
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Sogn
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
5.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Norsk
  
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
  
Norsk
  
French Name
lao
  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Nynorsk
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Norwegians
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
c. 1300 AD
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
no
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
nor
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
nor
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
nor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
norw1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Fusional
  
Lao and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Norwegian language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Lao vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.