1 Countries
1.1 Countries
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
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
नमस्ते (Namastē)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Laos
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
380.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
260.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
120.00 millionNA
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
हिन्दी
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
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
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Hindustani people
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
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
Indian Signing System
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
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
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
Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating