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Lao vs Xhosa


Lao
Xhosa vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho   

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
10   
7

How Many Consonants
27   
17
43   
32

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   
Molo   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
Unjani   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
Molo   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
Ndicela   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Laos   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Laos   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Laos   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
isiXhosa   

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   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
lao   
xhosa   

German Name
Laotisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
16th Century   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Lao   
isiXhosa   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
xho   

ISO 639 3
lao   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Not Available   

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Lao and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Xhosa language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Xhosa Language History.

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Lao and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Xhosa language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lao vs Xhosa Difficulty

The Lao vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.

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