Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Laos
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Not Available
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.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
سلام
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
متشکرم
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
شب بخیر
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
لطفا
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
متاسف
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
خدا حافظ
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
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
German Name
Persisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Persian people
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Lao
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
laoo1244
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Isolating
Persian and Lao Speaking population
Persian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Persian and Lao on Persian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Lao Language Codes
Persian and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.