National Language
Bangladesh, India
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
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Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
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Not spoken in any of the countries
Interesting Facts
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
- 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
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Kumno
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Khublei
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
thia sukh
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
babha janmiet
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
khublei
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Sngewbha
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Map
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
I Love You
ieit ieit
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
map a nga
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Bhoi
Vientiane Lao
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Northern Lao
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Central Lao
Native Name
Ka Ktien
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Lao people
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No Early forms
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
lo
Glottocode
khas1269
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating
All Khasi and Lao Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Khasi and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khasi and Lao Speaking population
Khasi and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Khasi and Lao on Khasi vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khasi and Lao Language Codes
Khasi and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khasi and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.