1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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
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
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
tafadhali
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology