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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
41
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2453
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
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
36
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Habari
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Asante
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
tafadhali
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
pole
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
bye
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Kimrima
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Laos
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Kimgao
Central Lao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kilwa
Laos
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
126
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NANA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 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
Not Available
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
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
swahili
lao
5.3.5 German Name
Swahili
Laotisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6th 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
No early forms
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Swahili
Lao
6.3.3 Language Position
NANA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sw
lo
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
swa
lao
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
swa
lao
7.3 ISO 639 3
swa
lao
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
swah1254
laoo1244
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
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
Isolating

Swahili and Lao Alphabets

Swahili and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Lao. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Swahili and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Lao languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Lao Speaking population

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

Swahili and Lao Language Codes

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