Countries
India
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
- 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
Bengali Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4753
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
828
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3127
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Laos
How Many People Speak
46,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kharwa
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Laos
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Surati
Central Lao
Where They Speak
-
Laos
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.74 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
50.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
55.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
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
goudjrati
lao
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Lao people
Origin
15
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Lao
Language Position
2343
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gu
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
guj
lao
ISO 639 2/B
guj
lao
ISO 639 3
guj
lao
ISO 639 6
guj
lao
Glottocode
guja1252
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
-
Isolating