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Lao vs Norwegian


Lao
Lao
Norwegian vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
9  
6

How Many Consonants
27  
17
20  
10

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Sogn  

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Lao and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Norwegian language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Lao and Norwegian Language History.

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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.

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