Countries
Laos
  
Rajastan, India
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Rajastan, 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
  
Nepal, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Gujarati Language
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marwari-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
khammaghani
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
dhanyavaad
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Kikan ho sa?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
shubh raatri
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Shubh Honjh
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Shubh Befar
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Shubh Havar
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
kirpa
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Maaf Karo
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
bye
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
main tanne pyaar karoon
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
maaf karo
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Jogi
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Bagri
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Dhundhari
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
22.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
14.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Marwari
  
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
  
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
  
French Name
lao
  
marvari
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Marwari
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Marwari or Marwadi
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
16
  
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
  
Marwari
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
mwr
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
mwr
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
mwr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
raja1256
  
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 Marwari 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 Marwari greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Marwari language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Marwari word for "Thank You" is dhanyavaad. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Marwari Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Marwari Difficulty
The Lao vs Marwari difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Marwari 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 Marwari are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Marwari, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Marwari time required is 44 weeks.