National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Thai Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Vedda
Where They Speak
Laos
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Not Available
Where They Speak
Laos
Not Available
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Not Available
Where They Speak
Laos
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
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
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
lao
singhalais
German Name
Laotisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No Early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Lao
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional
Lao and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Sinhalese language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Lao vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.