National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
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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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Thai Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Henda ho
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
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Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Boge Setak’
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
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Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Not Available
Bye
Sôhk dii der
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I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Not Available
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Not Available
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Mahali
Where They Speak
Laos
India
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Not present
Where They Speak
Laos
Not Available
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Not present
Where They Speak
Laos
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
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
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
German Name
Laotisch
Santali
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
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Ethnicity
Not Available
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
1283 CE
20th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tai
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Santali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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Lao and Santali 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 Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Santali language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Santali Difficulty
The Lao vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Santali 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 Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.