Countries
India, No official status
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
01
0
46
👆🏻
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri 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
Maithili and Magahi
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4353
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1128
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3427
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Devanagari
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Laos
How Many People Speak
16,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Laos
How Many People Speak
380,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Central Lao
Where They Speak
India
Laos
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
136
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.43 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
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
bhojpuri
lao
German Name
Bhojpuri
Laotisch
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers
Lao people
Origin
19th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Lao
Language Position
3743
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bho
lao
ISO 639 2/B
bho
lao
ISO 639 3
bho
lao
ISO 639 6
bho
lao
Glottocode
bhoj1246
laoo1244
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Isolating