1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Iran
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
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
1.8 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Kurdish and Persian
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
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
Thai and Lao Braille
Perso-Arabic script
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Salam
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
mana bebahgsh
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
chone tao?
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
jawáin shap
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
jawáin begáh
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
jawáin sawáh
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Mihrabani kan
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
bebaksh / bebagsh
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Tu mana doost biyeh
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
mana bebahgsh
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Eastern Balochi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA5,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Western Balochi
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Central Lao
Southern Balochi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,400,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million7.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
بلوچی
5.3.3 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
Baluchi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology