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Lao and Gujarati


Lao
Gujarati and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
8   
5

How Many Consonants
27   
17
31   
21

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Devanagari   

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
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

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
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.74 %   
24

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   

History

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   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Lao and Gujarati Speaking population

Lao and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Lao vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Gujarati Language Codes

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