Countries
Laos
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
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Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Thai Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5352
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2816
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2736
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
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Laos
Kokan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Laos
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Laos
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
642
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
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
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
lao
marathe
German Name
Laotisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Marathi people
Origin
1283 CE
10th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Lao
Marathi
Language Position
4317
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
mar
ISO 639 2/B
lao
mar
ISO 639 3
lao
mar
ISO 639 6
lao
mar
Glottocode
laoo1244
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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