National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Thai Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Henda ho
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Not Available
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Boge Setak’
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Not Available
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Not Available
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Not Available
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Not Available
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Not Available
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Mahali
Where They Speak
Laos
India
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Not present
Where They Speak
Laos
Not Available
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Not present
Where They Speak
Laos
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
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
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
German Name
Laotisch
Santali
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
1283 CE
20th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tai
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Santali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Not Available
Lao and Santali Speaking population
Lao and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available. 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 Santali on Lao vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Santali Language Codes
Lao and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.