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Lao and Dogri


Lao
Lao
Dogri and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  
Jammu and Kashmir, 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  
Not Available  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
  • Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
12  
9

How Many Consonants
27  
17
36  
26

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  
Ke aal aee  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
dhanwaad  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
kiyaan oo ji  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
shub ratri  

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
shub ratri  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
Not Available  

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

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
kripya  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
changa ji pher  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
gustakhi maaf  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Jaunsari  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Kullu  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
110,000.00  
35

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Hinduri  

Where They Speak
Laos  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
डोगरी  

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  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  

French Name
lao  
dogri  

German Name
Laotisch  
Dogri  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Dogras  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
1971  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Dogri  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
lao  
doi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
indo1311  

Linguasphere
No data available  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
Not Available  

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

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Lao and Dogri Speaking population

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

Lao and Dogri Language Codes

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

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