Countries
United States of America
  
Laos
  
National Language
United States of America
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
North America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Apache Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Yá'át'ééh
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Ahéhee'
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
T'aa shoodi
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Not available
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Hágoónee’
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Shoohá
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Navajo1
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Arizona
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Navajo2
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
New Mexico
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Navajo3
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Utah
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Navaho
  
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
  
French Name
navaho
  
lao
  
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Navajo people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 CE
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Athapascan
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Navajo
  
Lao
  
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nv
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nav
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
nav
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
nav
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nava1243
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Isolating
  
Navajo and Lao Speaking population
Navajo and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Navajo and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Navajo and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Navajo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Navajo and Lao on Navajo vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Navajo and Lao Language Codes
Navajo and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Navajo and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.