Countries
Laos
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
India, Pakistan, Sindh
  
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
  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
  
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.
  
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Gujarati
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Assalam O Alaikum
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Meharbani
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Kehra haal aahin
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
tava kia aayo
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Sham Jo Salam
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Assalam o Alaikum
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Subho Bakhair
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Mehrbani
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Moon khe afsos aahe
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Allah Wahi
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Maaf Kajo
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Siraiki
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Upper Sindh
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Vicholi
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Central Sindh
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Lari
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Lower Sindh
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
29.00 million
  
37
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
25.00 million
  
32
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
  
Not Available
  
French Name
lao
  
sindhi
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Sindhi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
711 A.D
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Sindhi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
sd
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
snd
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
snd
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
snd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
sind1272
  
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
  
Lao and Sindhi 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 Sindhi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Sindhi language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Sindhi word for "Thank You" is Meharbani. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Sindhi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Sindhi Difficulty
The Lao vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.