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
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
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Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Not present
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Not present
Second Language Speakers
-
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
German Name
Laotisch
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Sanskrit speakers
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No Early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Lao
Sanskrit
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
-
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
laoo1244
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Synthetic
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.