1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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
Molo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
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?
20.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
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
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
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
Signed Xhosa
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
99-AUT-fa
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