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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Zimbabwe
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  • 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.
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
NA53
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
528
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4627
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
46
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
NA44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Mhoro
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Waita zvako
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Manheru
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masikati
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Mangwanani
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
Ndinokumbirawo
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
Ndineurombo
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
bye
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
Ndinokuda
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
Pamusoro
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Hwesa
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Karanga
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Laos
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Zezuru
Central Lao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Laos
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
46
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.13 %NA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NANA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
shona
lao
5.3.5 German Name
Schona-Sprache
Laotisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
20th century
1283 CE
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tai
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Not Available
Lao
6.3.3 Language Position
107NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sn
lo
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
sna
lao
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
sna
lao
7.3 ISO 639 3
sna
lao
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
core1255
laoo1244
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Shona and Lao Alphabets

Shona and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Lao. In Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Shona and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Lao languages. The Shona phonology consist Shona vowels and Shona consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Shona greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Shona 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 Shona and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Shona and Lao Speaking population

Shona and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % 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 Shona and Lao on Shona vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Lao Language Codes

Shona and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.