Countries
India
  
Laos
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
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
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
- 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
Munda Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Henda ho
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Not Available
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
India
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
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
santal
  
lao
  
German Name
Santali
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Not Available
  
Origin
20th century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Lao
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Isolating
  
Santali and Lao Speaking population
Santali and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali 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 Santali and Lao on Santali vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Santali and Lao Language Codes
Santali and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.