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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.
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.

Similar To

Thai Language
Old German Language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Prakrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5352
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

2816
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

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks20 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
शुभः सायंकालः

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
शुभ दुपार

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
कृपया (kripayā)

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)

Bye

Sôhk dii der
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Not present

Where They Speak

Laos
-

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00140,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Not present

Where They Speak

Laos
-

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00140,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Not present

Where They Speak

Laos
-

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00140,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

60
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million14.10 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million14.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million-
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)

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
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam

French Name

lao
sanskrit

German Name

Laotisch
Sanskrit

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[səmskr̩t̪əm]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Sanskrit speakers

History

Origin

1283 CE
2000 B.C.

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Tai
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
Vedic Sanskrit

Standard Forms

Lao
Sanskrit

Language Position

4323
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
-

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
sa

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
san

ISO 639 2/B

lao
san

ISO 639 3

lao
san

ISO 639 6

lao
san

Glottocode

laoo1244
sans1269

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Ancient

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
Synthetic

Lao and Sanskrit Alphabets

Lao and Sanskrit Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Sanskrit. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Sanskrit Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Lao and Sanskrit languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Sanskrit are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Sanskrit Speaking population

Lao and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. 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 Sanskrit on Lao vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Sanskrit Language Codes

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