Countries
India
  
Laos
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
- 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
Bengali and Oriya
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
nomoskaar
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
subhoraattri
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
suprobhaat
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
anugroha kori
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
biḍai
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Kamrupi
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Western Assam
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Goalpariya
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Western Assam
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Assam
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
15.30 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
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
assamais
  
lao
  
German Name
Assamesisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Assamese people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
7th century A.D
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tai
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Kamarupa
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Assamese
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
as
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
asm
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
asm
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
asm
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
assa1263
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Isolating
  
Assamese and Lao Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Assamese and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Assamese and Lao language. Assamese word for "Hello" is nomoskaar or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Assamese Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Assamese vs Lao Difficulty
The Assamese vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Assamese Alphabets and Lao Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Assamese and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Assamese and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Assamese is Not Available while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.