Countries
India, Pakistan
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
- 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 Urdu Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1728
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2727
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
سہا مسا
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
مهربانی کر
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Laos
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Poguli
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Laos
How Many People Speak
6,100,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rambani
Central Lao
Where They Speak
India
Laos
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.42 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
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
kashmiri
lao
German Name
Kaschmiri
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Lao people
Origin
12th 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
Kashmiri
Lao
Language Position
2343
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ks
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kas
lao
ISO 639 2/B
kas
lao
ISO 639 3
kas
lao
ISO 639 6
kas
lao
Glottocode
kash1277
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
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Isolating