Countries
Laos
India, Nepal
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
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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 in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Doteli
Where They Speak
Laos
Nepal
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Laos
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Laos
Nepal
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
German Name
Laotisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No Early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Lao
Nepali
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
laoo1244
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative
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.