Countries
Norway
  
Laos
  
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
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Bye
ha det
  
Sôhk dii der
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
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
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Tai
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
no
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nor
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
nor
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
nor
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
norw1258
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Isolating
  
Norwegian and Lao 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 Norwegian and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Lao language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Norwegian vs Lao Difficulty
The Norwegian vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Lao 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 Norwegian and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.