1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Pan South African Language Board
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
- 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
Xhosa Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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
Sawubona
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
Ngiyacela
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
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
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Laos
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?
30.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
isiZulu
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
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
Zulu people
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
urban Zulu
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
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-fg
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