Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Laos
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- 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
Farsi Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
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Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Silaw
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Sipas
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Evare baş
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Bê zehmet
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Bibûre
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Be xêr çî
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Not Available
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
Kurdisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Kurds
Not Available
Origin
16th century CE
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Lao
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
laoo1244
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Isolating
All Kurdish and Lao Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kurdish and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Lao Speaking population
Kurdish and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % 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 Kurdish and Lao on Kurdish vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Lao Language Codes
Kurdish and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.