1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Assam, India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not Available
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not Available
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
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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.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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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
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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)
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3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Not Available
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Nungni khabora ma?
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
अननानै (Onnanwi)
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Not Available
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
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3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Not Available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Central Lao
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million0.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million0.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
बड़ो (boṛo)
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
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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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
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
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7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology