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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
India, Nepal
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
12
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Nepal
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Language Academy of Nepal
1.8 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.
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Hindi
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5348
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2812
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2736
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
66
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
3.5 Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
कृपया
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Doteli
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Nepal
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA790,000.00
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Bajhangi
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Laos
India, Nepal
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Central Lao
Baitadeli
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Nepal
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
612
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million30.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NA0.25 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA5.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
5.3.3 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
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
5.3.4 French Name
lao
népalais
5.3.5 German Name
Laotisch
Nepali
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
6 History
6.1 Origin
1283 CE
19 BC
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Indic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Lao
Nepali
6.3.3 Language Position
NA59
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
lo
ne
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
lao
nep
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
lao
nep
7.3 ISO 639 3
lao
npi
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
laoo1244
nepa1254
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
12
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative

Lao and Nepali Alphabets

Lao and Nepali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Nepali. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Nepali Alphabets there are 48 letters. To learn Lao and Nepali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Nepali languages. The Lao phonology consist Lao vowels and Lao consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Lao greetings vs Nepali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Nepali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Nepali Speaking population

Lao and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Lao vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Nepali Language Codes

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