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Lao and Assamese


Lao
Assamese and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Bhutan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Asam Sahitya Sabha   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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Similar To
Thai Language   
Bengali and Oriya   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
11   
8

How Many Consonants
27   
17
41   
30

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   
nomoskaar   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
ḍhonyobaaḍ   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
aapuni kene aase?   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
subhoraattri   

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
subha gadhuli   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
subha abeli   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
suprobhaat   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
anugroha kori   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
moi ḍukkhita   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
biḍai   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
kyoma koribo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Kamrupi   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Goalpariya   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Western Assam   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Bhakatiya   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Assam   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
15.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   

Alternative Names
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao   
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   

French Name
lao   
assamais   

German Name
Laotisch   
Assamesisch   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Assamese people   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
7th century A.D   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
Kamarupa   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Assamese   

Language Position
Not Available   
65   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
as   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
asm   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
asm   

ISO 639 3
lao   
asm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
assa1263   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-w   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Lao and Assamese 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 Lao and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lao and Assamese Speaking population

Lao and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Lao and Assamese on Lao vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Assamese Language Codes

Lao and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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