Countries
Laos
  
India
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
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
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
50.00 million
  
22
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
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
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
lao
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
15
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Not Available