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