Countries
Laos
  
Meghalaya
  
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 in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Bengali, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
babha janmiet
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
babha noph-phai-sngi
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
khublei
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sngewbha
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Map
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
khublei
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
ieit ieit
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
map a nga
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.