Countries
Laos
  
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
  
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 in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.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)
  
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
upkar korxi
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.