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Lao
Hindi and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Fiji, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
11   
8

How Many Consonants
27   
17
33   
23

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
380.00 million   
5

Speaking Population
Not Available   
4.70 %   
5

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   

History

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   
5   
5

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Lao and Hindi Speaking population

Lao and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Lao vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Hindi Language Codes

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

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