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Countries

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

-
-

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

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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Greetings

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

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

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
शुभ अपराह्न

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Minjo tere naal pyar hega

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
gustakhi maaf

Dialects

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

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
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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

History

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

Code

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
59-AAA

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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Lao and Dogri Alphabets

Lao and Dogri Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Dogri. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Dogri Alphabets there are 48 letters. To learn Lao and Dogri languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Dogri 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 Dogri greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Dogri are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Dogri Speaking population

Lao and Dogri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Dogri languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Dogri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dogri language is 0.02 %. 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 Dogri on Lao vs Dogri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Dogri Language Codes

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