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Lao vs Khasi


Lao
Khasi vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Meghalaya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
6   
3

How Many Consonants
27   
17
14   
4

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Bengali, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   
Kumno   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
Khublei   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
Kumno phi long?   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
thia sukh   

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
babha janmiet   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
babha noph-phai-sngi   

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

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
Sngewbha   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
Map   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
khublei   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
ieit ieit   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
map a nga   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Bhoi   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Nonglung   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Cherrapunji   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
0.84 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
0.84 million   
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
Not Available   

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   
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   

French Name
lao   
khasi   

German Name
Laotisch   
Khasi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Khasi people   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
Not Available   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Khasi   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
kha   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
kha   

ISO 639 3
lao   
kha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
khas1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Not Available   

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Lao and Khasi Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Khasi language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Khasi language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Khasi language states that this language originated in Not Available. 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 Khasi Language History.

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

Lao vs Khasi Difficulty

The Lao vs Khasi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Khasi 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 Khasi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Khasi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Khasi time required is Not Available.

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