Lao and Khasi
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Regulated By
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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
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Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
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Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
khublei
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sngewbha
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Map
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
map a nga
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Bhoi
Where They Speak
Laos
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Laos
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Laos
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Speaking Population
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
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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
German Name
Laotisch
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
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Ethnicity
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Khasi people
Origin
1283 CE
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Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tai
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Branch
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Early Forms
No Early forms
No Early Forms
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
laoo1244
khas1269
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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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.
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.
