Countries
Countries
Fiji, India
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
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, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
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Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4453
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1128
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3327
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
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Laos
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Marwari
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Laos
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Laos
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
216
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
4.70 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
260.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
हिन्दी
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
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
hindi
lao
German Name
Hindi
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Lao people
History
Origin
7th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Lao
Language Position
543
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
hi
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
lao
ISO 639 2/B
hin
lao
ISO 639 3
hin
lao
ISO 639 6
hins
lao
Glottocode
hind1269
laoo1244
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating