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 in
Alphabets
5352
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2816
0
32
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Not present
Where They Speak
Laos
-
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Not present
Where They Speak
Laos
-
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Not present
Where They Speak
Laos
-
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
60
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million14.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million14.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
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