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
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
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
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
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.