1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Sweden
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Old Norse 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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
hej
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
tacka dig
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
hur mår du
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
godnatt
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
god kväll
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
god morgon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
ledsen
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
jag älskar dig
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
15.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.70 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Svenska
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
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
5.5 Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Swedish
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Not Available
6.4 Scope
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
52-AAA-ck to -cw
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology