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Lao vs Hindi


Lao
Lao
Hindi vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Urdu  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Hindi.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
11  
8

How Many Consonants
27  
17
33  
23

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
240,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
22,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
20,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
Not Available  
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
हिन्दी  

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  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
lao  
hindi  

German Name
Laotisch  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
7th Century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
Not Available  
5  
5

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
hin  

ISO 639 3
lao  
hin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
hins  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Lao and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Hindi language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Lao and Hindi Language History.

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Lao and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Hindi language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lao vs Hindi Difficulty

The Lao vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

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