Countries
Laos
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
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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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5343
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2811
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2734
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Laos
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Laos
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Laos
India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
613
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
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
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
lao
bhojpuri
German Name
Laotisch
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Lao people
Bhojpuri speakers
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
Bhojpuri
Language Position
4337
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
bho
ISO 639 2/B
lao
bho
ISO 639 3
lao
bho
ISO 639 6
lao
bho
Glottocode
laoo1244
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
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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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