Countries
India
  
Laos
  
National Language
India
  
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
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  
- 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
Kannada Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskara
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
yedde rathre
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
yedde kaande
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Daya maltadu
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Barpe
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Jain
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Girijan
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Tulu
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
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
Not Available
  
lao
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Tuluva
  
Not Available
  
Origin
14
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Dravidian 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
Tulu
  
Lao
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
tcy
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tulu1258
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Isolating
  
Tulu 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 Tulu and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Lao language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Lao Difficulty
The Tulu vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu 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 Tulu and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.