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Countries

Countries

Laos
India, Nepal

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Nepal

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China

Regulated By

-
Language Academy of Nepal

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.
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.

Similar To

Thai Language
Hindi

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5348
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

2812
0 32
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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

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
नमस्ते (namaste)

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good afternoon

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
कृपया

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)

Bye

Sôhk dii der
नमस्ते (namaste)

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Doteli

Where They Speak

Laos
Nepal

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00790,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Bajhangi

Where They Speak

Laos
India, Nepal

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Baitadeli

Where They Speak

Laos
Nepal

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0017,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

612
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.25 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
नेपाली (nēpālī)

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
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate

French Name

lao
népalais

German Name

Laotisch
Nepali

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[neˈpali]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu

History

Origin

1283 CE
19 BC

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Tai
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha

Standard Forms

Lao
Nepali

Language Position

4359
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Signed Nepali

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
ne

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
nep

ISO 639 2/B

lao
nep

ISO 639 3

lao
npi

ISO 639 6

lao
nep

Glottocode

laoo1244
nepa1254

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
Agglutinative

Lao and Nepali Alphabets

Lao and Nepali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Nepali. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Nepali Alphabets there are 48 letters. To learn Lao and Nepali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Nepali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Nepali Speaking population

Lao and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Lao vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Nepali Language Codes

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