Countries
Laos
  
Fiji, 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, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
380.00 million
  
5
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
हिन्दी
  
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
  
French Name
lao
  
hindi
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Standard Hindi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic