Countries
Laos
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
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.
  
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
unjani
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
bye
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
isiZulu
  
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
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
lao
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
19
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Deep Zulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Lao and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Zulu language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Zulu Difficulty
The Lao vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.