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Lao and Balochi

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Countries

Countries

Laos
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5334
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

288
0 32
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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
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

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

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
jawáin begáh

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
سلام علیکم

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Tu mana doost biyeh

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
mana bebahgsh

Dialects

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
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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
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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
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Total No. Of Dialects

63
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million7.60 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million7.60 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million8.50 million
0.01 400
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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

History

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
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

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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Lao and Balochi Alphabets

Lao and Balochi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Balochi. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Balochi Alphabets there are 34 letters. To learn Lao and Balochi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Balochi languages. The Lao phonology consist Lao vowels and Lao consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Lao greetings vs Balochi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Balochi are Most Spoken Languages.

All Lao and Balochi 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 Balochi dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Balochi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Balochi Dialects are spoken in different Balochi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Balochi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Balochi dialects include: Eastern Balochi , Western Balochi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Lao and Balochi Speaking population

Lao and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 %. 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 Balochi on Lao vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Balochi Language Codes

Lao and Balochi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Balochi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.