Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Laos
  
National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
  
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
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
- 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
Gujarati
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Meharbani
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
tava kia aayo
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Mehrbani
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Allah Wahi
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Siraiki
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Vicholi
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Lari
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million
  
37
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Not Available
  
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
sindhi
  
lao
  
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
711 A.D
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tai
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sindhi
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sd
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
snd
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
snd
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
snd
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sind1272
  
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
  
Sindhi and Lao Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Sindhi and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sindhi and Lao language. Sindhi word for "Hello" is Assalam O Alaikum or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Sindhi Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sindhi vs Lao Difficulty
The Sindhi vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sindhi Alphabets and Lao Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Sindhi and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sindhi and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sindhi is Not Available while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.