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
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Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Laos
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Laos
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
German Name
Laotisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Persian people
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
fars1254
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Synthetic
Lao and Persian Speaking population
Lao and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Lao vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Persian Language Codes
Lao and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.