Countries
Laos
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Thai Language
Bengali Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5347
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
288
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2731
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks18 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Laos
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0046,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Laos
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0056,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Surati
Where They Speak
Laos
-
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0056,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.74 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million50.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million55.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
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
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
lao
goudjrati
German Name
Laotisch
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Gujaratis
Origin
1283 CE
15
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Lao
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
4323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
gu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
guj
ISO 639 2/B
lao
guj
ISO 639 3
lao
guj
ISO 639 6
lao
guj
Glottocode
laoo1244
guja1252
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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