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Countries

Countries

Laos
India, Karnataka, India

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Karnataka, India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana

Regulated By

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Various academies and the Government of Karnataka

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.
  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.

Similar To

Thai Language
Telugu

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5349
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

2814
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2735
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Kannada 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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)

Bye

Sôhk dii der
ಬೈ (Bai)

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Badaga

Where They Speak

Laos
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Urali

Where They Speak

Laos
kerala

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.006,440.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Kurumba

Where They Speak

Laos
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00220,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

620
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million49.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.58 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million38.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)

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
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi

French Name

lao
kannada

German Name

Laotisch
Kannada

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Kannadiga

History

Origin

1283 CE
c. 450

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

Tai
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada

Standard Forms

Lao
Modern Kannada

Language Position

4331
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
kn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
kan

ISO 639 2/B

lao
kan

ISO 639 3

lao
kan

ISO 639 6

lao
kan

Glottocode

laoo1244
nucl1305

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

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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Lao and Kannada Alphabets

Lao and Kannada Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Kannada. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters. To learn Lao and Kannada languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Kannada 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 Kannada greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Kannada are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Kannada Speaking population

Lao and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. 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 Kannada on Lao vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Kannada Language Codes

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