1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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
Arabic
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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
سلام
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
متشکرم
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
چطور هستید?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
شب بخیر
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
عصر بخیر
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
صبح به خیر
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Western Persian
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Central Lao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Laos
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
65.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
65.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
فارسی
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Persian people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
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
58-AAC-c
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology