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Countries

Countries

Laos
Assam, India

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Assam, India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
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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.
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.

Similar To

Thai Language
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5345
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

2820
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2725
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Devanagari

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks34 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
नमस्कार

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
धन्यवाद

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Nungni khabora ma?

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)

Good Evening

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

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
अन्धानि बार

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
अननानै (Onnanwi)

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
दु:खित

Bye

Sôhk dii der
Lwrbw

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
दु:खित

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect

Where They Speak

Laos
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect

Where They Speak

Laos
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect

Where They Speak

Laos
Assam, India, Nepal

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.001,300,000.00
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 million0.60 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million0.60 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
बड़ो (boṛo)

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
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci

French Name

lao
bodo

German Name

Laotisch
Bodo

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[bɔɽo]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)

History

Origin

1283 CE
1913

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Sino-Tibetan Family

Subgroup

Tai
Tibeto-Burman

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
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Standard Forms

Lao
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Language Position

4330
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Signed Bodo

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
br

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
brx

ISO 639 2/B

lao
brx

ISO 639 3

lao
brx

ISO 639 6

lao
brx

Glottocode

laoo1244
bodo1269

Linguasphere

No data available
59-AAB

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 Bodo Alphabets

Lao and Bodo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Bodo. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Bodo Alphabets there are 45 letters. To learn Lao and Bodo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Bodo 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 Bodo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Bodo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Bodo Speaking population

Lao and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bodo language is 0.01 %. 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 Bodo on Lao vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Bodo Language Codes

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