Countries
India, No official status
Laos
National Language
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- 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
Maithili and Magahi
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Central Lao
Where They Speak
India
Laos
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
German Name
Bhojpuri
Laotisch
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
19th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tai
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Lao
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
lo
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
bhoj1246
laoo1244
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Isolating
Bhojpuri and Lao Speaking population
Bhojpuri and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bhojpuri and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Bhojpuri and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bhojpuri and Lao on Bhojpuri vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bhojpuri and Lao Language Codes
Bhojpuri and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bhojpuri and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.