Countries
Laos
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Jammu and Kashmir, 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
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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.
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
Similar To
Thai Language
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5348
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2812
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2736
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks42 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Ke aal aee
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
dhanwaad
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
kiyaan oo ji
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
shub ratri
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
shub ratri
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
शुभ अपराह्न
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
su prabat
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
kripya
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
Bye
Sôhk dii der
changa ji pher
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
gustakhi maaf
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Jaunsari
Where They Speak
Laos
Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Kullu
Where They Speak
Laos
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00110,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Hinduri
Where They Speak
Laos
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million4.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million4.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
डोगरी
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
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
French Name
lao
dogri
German Name
Laotisch
Dogri
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈd̪oːɡri]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Dogras
Origin
1283 CE
1971
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Dogri
Language Position
4332
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Dogri
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lo
doi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
doi
ISO 639 2/B
lao
doi
ISO 639 3
lao
doi
ISO 639 6
lao
doi
Glottocode
laoo1244
indo1311
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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