Countries
Fiji, India
  
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, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
Similar To
Urdu
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
Not Available
  
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
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
  
French Name
hindi
  
lao
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
7th Century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tai
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Isolating
  
Hindi 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 Hindi and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Lao language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Lao Difficulty
The Hindi vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.