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Countries

Countries

Laos
India

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
Not spoken in any of the countries

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.
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.

Similar To

Thai Language
Bengali and Assamese

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5342
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

2811
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2731
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)

Good Evening

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

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
ଦୟାକରି

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)

Bye

Sôhk dii der
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Baleswari

Where They Speak

Laos
India

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Ganjami

Where They Speak

Laos
India

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Kosli

Where They Speak

Laos
India

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00520,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

68
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million33.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.50 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million33.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million35.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)

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
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia

French Name

lao
oriya

German Name

Laotisch
Oriya-Sprache

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈoɽia]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Odias

History

Origin

1283 CE
3 BC

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Tai
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Lao
Standard Odia

Language Position

4332
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Indian Signing System

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
or

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
ori

ISO 639 2/B

lao
ori

ISO 639 3

lao
ori

ISO 639 6

lao
ori

Glottocode

laoo1244
macr1269

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
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Lao and Oriya Alphabets

Lao and Oriya Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Oriya. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Oriya Alphabets there are 42 letters. To learn Lao and Oriya languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Oriya 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 Oriya greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Oriya are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Oriya Speaking population

Lao and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Lao vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Oriya Language Codes

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