1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
India
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Central Hindi Directorate
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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit 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
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
खेद (Khēda)
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
अलविदा (Alavidā)
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA22,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million380.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million260.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA120.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
हिन्दी
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
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Hindustani people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
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
Indian Signing System
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
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
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
Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic