1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Old German Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Prakrit 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
Devanagari
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, 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
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
कृपया (kripayā)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Not present
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
14.10 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
14.10 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 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
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
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
Vedic Sanskrit
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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
No data available
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