Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Laos
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Asante
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
tafadhali
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
pole
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
bye
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Not Available
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
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
  
French Name
swahili
  
lao
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Not Available
  
Origin
6th century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Tai
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Lao
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Isolating
  
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.