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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
31
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Somalia
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, Middle East
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  • 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
Afar and Oromo Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2653
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
2127
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
56
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Habeenka Good
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Evening Good
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
Fadlan
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
caraysiiyo
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Benaadir
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Laos
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Central Lao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Laos
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
36
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NANA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.00 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
af Soomaali
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
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
somali
lao
5.3.5 German Name
Somali
Laotisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Somalis
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th century
1283 CE
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Cushitic
Tai
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Somali
Lao
6.3.3 Language Position
83NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
so
lo
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
som
lao
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
som
lao
7.3 ISO 639 3
som
lao
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
soma1255
laoo1244
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Somali and Lao Alphabets

Somali and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Lao. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Somali and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Lao languages. The Somali phonology consist Somali vowels and Somali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Somali greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Somali and Lao Speaking population

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

Somali and Lao Language Codes

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