Countries
India, Pakistan
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, 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
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
- 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
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4853
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1228
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3627
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
42 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ke aal aee
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
dhanwaad
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
shub ratri
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
shub ratri
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
शुभ अपराह्न
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
su prabat
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
kripya
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
changa ji pher
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Jaunsari
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India
Laos
How Many People Speak
100,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kullu
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
Laos
How Many People Speak
110,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hinduri
Central Lao
Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
Laos
How Many People Speak
30,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.30 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
डोगरी
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
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
dogri
lao
German Name
Dogri
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈd̪oːɡri]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Dogras
Lao people
Origin
1971
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
Dogri
Lao
Language Position
3243
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dogri
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
doi
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
doi
lao
ISO 639 2/B
doi
lao
ISO 639 3
doi
lao
ISO 639 6
doi
lao
Glottocode
indo1311
laoo1244
Linguasphere
59-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Isolating