National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Laos
Israel
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Laos
Israel, Palestine
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Laos
Israel
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
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
Israeli, Ivrit
German Name
Laotisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Not Available
Canaanitic
Early Forms
No Early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Lao
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
hebr1246
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
Lao and Hebrew Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lao and Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Hebrew language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Hebrew Difficulty
The Lao vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Hebrew Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lao and Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.
