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Countries

Countries

Laos
Afganistan

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora

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
Pakistan

Regulated By

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Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)

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.
  • Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
  • The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.

Similar To

Thai Language
Persian and Balochi Languages

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5344
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

287
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2729
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, 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)
(salaam) سلام

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
(lotfan) لطفا

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم

Bye

Sôhk dii der
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Central Pashto

Where They Speak

Laos
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Northern Pashto

Where They Speak

Laos
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Wanetsi

Where They Speak

Laos
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0095,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

621
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million60.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.58 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million60.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million50.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
(paṧto) پښتو

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
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto

French Name

lao
pachto

German Name

Laotisch
Paschtu

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Pashtun

History

Origin

1283 CE
1651

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Tai
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Iranian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Lao
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto

Language Position

4382
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
ps

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
pus

ISO 639 2/B

lao
pus

ISO 639 3

lao
pus

ISO 639 6

lao
pus

Glottocode

laoo1244
pash1269

Linguasphere

No data available
58-ABD-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
Fusional

Lao and Pashto Alphabets

Lao and Pashto Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Pashto. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Lao and Pashto languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Pashto 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 Pashto greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Pashto are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Pashto Speaking population

Lao and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. 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 Pashto on Lao vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Pashto Language Codes

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