1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Old German Language
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Prakrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
शुभः सायंकालः
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
शुभ दुपार
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
कृपया (kripayā)
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Not present
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million14.10 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million14.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
5.3.3 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
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology