Countries
India
  
Laos
  
National Language
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
- 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
Old German Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Laos
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
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
sanskrit
  
lao
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tai
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
Lao
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Isolating
  
Sanskrit and Lao Speaking population
Sanskrit and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available 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 Sanskrit and Lao on Sanskrit vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sanskrit and Lao Language Codes
Sanskrit and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.