Countries
Laos
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
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.
  
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
bye
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
8.30 million
  
99+
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
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
lao
  
shona
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Not Available
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Lao and Shona 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 Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Shona language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Shona Difficulty
The Lao vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.