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Lao and Konkani


Lao
Konkani and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Govenment of Goa   

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
16   
13

How Many Consonants
27   
17
36   
26

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   
Namaskar   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
Chike   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
Maf kor   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
Adeus   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Goa   

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
Kōṅkaṇī   

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   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
lao   
konkani   

German Name
Laotisch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Kokani   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
kok   

ISO 639 3
lao   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Lao and Konkani Speaking population

Lao and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Lao vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Konkani Language Codes

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

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