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Sanskrit and Lao


Lao
Lao and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
28   
20

How Many Consonants
36   
26
27   
17

Scripts
Devanagari   
Thai and Lao Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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)   
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

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   
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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All Sanskrit and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sanskrit and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sanskrit and Lao Speaking population

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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.

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