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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
NA
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
- 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 Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Laos
Dialect 2
Kharwa
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Laos
Dialect 3
Not Available
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Not Available
Laos
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
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
goudjrati
lao
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Lao
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
guja1252
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Isolating
Gujarati and Lao Speaking population
Gujarati and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Lao on Gujarati vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Gujarati and Lao Language Codes
Gujarati and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.