Countries
Laos
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
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, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Central Hindi Directorate
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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Thai Language
Urdu
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5344
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2811
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2733
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Laos
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Marwari
Where They Speak
Laos
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Laos
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
621
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
हिन्दी
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
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
lao
hindi
German Name
Laotisch
Hindi
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Hindustani people
Origin
1283 CE
7th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Hindi
Language Position
435
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
hin
ISO 639 2/B
lao
hin
ISO 639 3
lao
hin
ISO 639 6
lao
hins
Glottocode
laoo1244
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic