National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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 Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Thai Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Vedda
Where They Speak
Laos
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Not Available
Where They Speak
Laos
Not Available
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Not Available
Where They Speak
Laos
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
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
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
lao
singhalais
German Name
Laotisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No Early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Lao
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional
All Lao and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lao and Sinhalese Speaking population
Lao and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese on Lao vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Sinhalese Language Codes
Lao and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.