Countries
Laos
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Iran
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
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Thai Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5334
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
288
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2726
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Salam
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
chone tao?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
jawáin sawáh
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Sôhk dii der
bye
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Laos
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Laos
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Laos
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
بلوچی
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
Baluchi
French Name
lao
baloutchi
German Name
Laotisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
1283 CE
19th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Balochi
Language Position
4339
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
bal
ISO 639 2/B
lao
bal
ISO 639 3
lao
bal
ISO 639 6
lao
bal
Glottocode
laoo1244
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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