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Lao vs Konkani


Lao
Konkani vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Govenment of Goa   

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
16   
13

How Many Consonants
27   
17
36   
26

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   
Namaskar   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
Chike   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
Maf kor   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
Adeus   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Goa   

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
Kōṅkaṇī   

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   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
lao   
konkani   

German Name
Laotisch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Kokani   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
kok   

ISO 639 3
lao   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Not Available   

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Lao and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Konkani language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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

Lao vs Konkani Difficulty

The Lao vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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