Countries
Laos
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
سلام
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
فارسی
  
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
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
lao
  
persan
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Persian people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Synthetic