Countries
Laos
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Thai Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Laos
Israel, kerala
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Mappila
Where They Speak
Laos
India
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Laos
France, kerala
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
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
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
lao
malayalam
German Name
Laotisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Malayali
Origin
1283 CE
9th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Tai
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Lao
Malayalam
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Synthetic
Lao and Malayalam Speaking population
Lao and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Lao vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Malayalam Language Codes
Lao and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.