Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Laos
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
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
- 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.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
bye
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Not Available
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
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
  
French Name
shona
  
lao
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
20th century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Tai
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Isolating
  
Shona 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 Shona and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Lao language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Lao Difficulty
The Shona vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona 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 Shona and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.