National Language
Norway
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Swedish and Danish Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
hallo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
takk
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
god natt
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
god kveld
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
god morgen
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Vær så snill
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
unnskyld
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Sogn
Laos
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Laos
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Norsk
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Norsk
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
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
lao
German Name
Nynorsk
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Not Available
Origin
c. 1300 AD
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Lao
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
norw1258
laoo1244
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Isolating
All Norwegian and Lao Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Norwegian and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Lao Speaking population
Norwegian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Lao on Norwegian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Lao Language Codes
Norwegian and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.