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Lao and Khasi


Lao
Khasi and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Meghalaya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
6   
3

How Many Consonants
27   
17
14   
4

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Bengali, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   
Kumno   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
Khublei   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
Kumno phi long?   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
thia sukh   

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
babha janmiet   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
babha noph-phai-sngi   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
khublei   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
Sngewbha   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
Map   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
khublei   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
ieit ieit   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
map a nga   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Bhoi   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Nonglung   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Cherrapunji   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
0.84 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
0.84 million   
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
Not Available   

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   
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   

French Name
lao   
khasi   

German Name
Laotisch   
Khasi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Khasi people   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
Not Available   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Khasi   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
kha   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
kha   

ISO 639 3
lao   
kha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
khas1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Lao and Khasi Speaking population

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

Lao and Khasi Language Codes

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

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