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Santali and Lao


Lao
Lao and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
30   
12
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
28   
20

How Many Consonants
21   
11
27   
17

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   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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   
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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All Santali 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 Santali and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Santali and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Santali are spoken in different Santali Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Santali vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Santali dialects include: Mahali Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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