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 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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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
बोडो
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
दु:खित
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?
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)
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
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
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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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