Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Laos
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
الوداع
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
Not Available
  
Native Name
اُردُو
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
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
ourdou
  
lao
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tai
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Isolating
  
Urdu 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 Urdu and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Lao language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Urdu vs Lao Difficulty
The Urdu vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.