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Countries

Countries

Laos
India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
India, Pakistan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America

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.
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.

Similar To

Thai Language
Hindi Language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5353
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

289
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2741
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)

Bye

Sôhk dii der
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Pothohari

Where They Speak

Laos
Pakistan

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Saraiki

Where They Speak

Laos
Afganistan, India, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Doabi

Where They Speak

Laos
Pakistan, Punjab, India

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

630
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million154.30 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %1.44 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million100.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million54.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی

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
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi

French Name

lao
pendjabi

German Name

Laotisch
Pandschabi-Sprache

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Availble

Ethnicity

Lao people
Punjabis

History

Origin

1283 CE
1000 AD

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Tai
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi

Standard Forms

Lao
Modern Punjabi

Language Position

4323
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual
-

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
pa

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
pan

ISO 639 2/B

lao
pan

ISO 639 3

lao
pan

ISO 639 6

lao
panj

Glottocode

laoo1244
panj1256

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
-

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
Fusional

Lao and Punjabi Alphabets

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

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

Lao and Punjabi Speaking population

Lao and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Lao vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Punjabi Language Codes

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