1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, No official status
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit 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
Devanagari
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
प्रणाम (prannam)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
16,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Laos
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
380,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Central Lao
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?
40.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
40.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 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
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
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
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
59-AAF-sa
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology