1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
2.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
India, Pakistan
2.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
2.5 Speaking Continents
2.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
2.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
2.8 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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
2.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Hindi Language
2.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
3 Alphabets
3.1 Alphabets in
3.2 Alphabets
3.4 Phonology
3.4.1 How Many Vowels
3.4.3 How Many Consonants
3.8 Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
3.9 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
3.10 Hard to Learn
3.10.1 Language Levels
4.2.1 Time Taken to Learn
6 Greetings
6.1 Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
6.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
6.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
6.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
6.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
6.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
6.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
6.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
6.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
6.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
6.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
6.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
7 Dialects
7.1 Dialect 1
7.1.1 Where They Speak
7.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
7.3 Dialect 2
7.3.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
7.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
700
80000000
7.5 Dialect 3
7.5.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Pakistan, Punjab, India
7.5.2 How Many People Speak
8.2 Total No. Of Dialects
9 How Many People Speak
9.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million154.30 million
0.13
1200
9.3 Speaking Population
9.4 Native Speakers
25.00 million100.00 million
0.13
873
10.3.4 Second Language Speakers
11.7.4 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
11.7.5 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
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
11.7.6 French Name
11.7.7 German Name
Laotisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
11.8 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Availble
11.9 Ethnicity
12 History
12.1 Origin
12.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
12.2.1 Subgroup
12.2.2 Branch
12.3 Language Forms
12.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
12.3.2 Standard Forms
12.3.3 Language Position
12.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
12.4 Scope
13 Code
13.1 ISO 639 1
13.2 ISO 639 2
13.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
13.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
13.3 ISO 639 3
13.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
13.5 Glottocode
13.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
13.7 Types of Language
13.7.1 Language Type
13.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
13.7.3 Language Morphological Typology