Countries
Laos
Rajastan, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Rajastan, 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
Nepal, Pakistan
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.
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
Similar To
Thai Language
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Gujarati Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5342
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2810
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2732
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
khammaghani
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
dhanyavaad
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kikan ho sa?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
shubh raatri
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Shubh Honjh
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Shubh Befar
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Shubh Havar
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
kirpa
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Maaf Karo
Bye
Sôhk dii der
bye
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
main tanne pyaar karoon
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
maaf karo
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Jogi
Where They Speak
Laos
India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0014,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Bagri
Where They Speak
Laos
India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0014,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Dhundhari
Where They Speak
Laos
India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million22.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million14.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Marwari
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
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
French Name
lao
marvari
German Name
Laotisch
Marwari
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[məˈrwɑːɾi]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Marwari or Marwadi
Origin
1283 CE
16
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Marwari
Language Position
4372
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lo
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
mwr
ISO 639 2/B
lao
mwr
ISO 639 3
lao
mwr
ISO 639 6
lao
mwr
Glottocode
laoo1244
raja1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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