Lao and Assamese
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Bangladesh, India
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
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Regulated By
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Asam Sahitya Sabha
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Thai Language
Bengali and Oriya
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
nomoskaar
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ḍhonyobaaḍ
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
aapuni kene aase?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
subhoraattri
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
subha gadhuli
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
subha abeli
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
suprobhaat
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
anugroha kori
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
moi ḍukkhita
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
kyoma koribo
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Kamrupi
Where They Speak
Laos
Western Assam
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Goalpariya
Where They Speak
Laos
Western Assam
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Bhakatiya
Where They Speak
Laos
Assam
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
Alternative Names
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
German Name
Laotisch
Assamesisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Assamese people
Origin
1283 CE
7th century A.D
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No Early forms
Kamarupa
Standard Forms
Lao
Assamese
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Assamese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
laoo1244
assa1263
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-w
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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All Lao and Assamese 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 Lao and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lao and Assamese Speaking population
Lao and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Lao and Assamese on Lao vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Assamese Language Codes
Lao and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.