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Countries

Countries

Laos
India

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal

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.
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.

Similar To

Thai Language
Munda Language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5330
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

286
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2721
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Henda ho

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Adi Johar

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Cet’leka menama?

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Boge Ninda

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Boge Ayup’

Good Afternoon

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

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Boge Setak’

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
দয়া করে

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
দুঃখিত

Bye

Sôhk dii der
Hariau

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Mahali

Where They Speak

Laos
India

How Many People Speak

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

Northern Lao
Not present

Where They Speak

Laos
-

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Not present

Where They Speak

Laos
-

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.006,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

61
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million6.30 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.02 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million6.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million6.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)

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
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal

French Name

lao
santal

German Name

Laotisch
Santali

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[sɑnˈtɑli]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali

History

Origin

1283 CE
20th century

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Austroasiatic Family

Subgroup

Tai
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Lao
Santali

Language Position

4341
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Santali Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
sat

ISO 639 2/B

lao
sat

ISO 639 3

lao
sat

ISO 639 6

lao
sat

Glottocode

laoo1244
sant1410

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
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Lao and Santali Alphabets

Lao and Santali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Santali. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Santali Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Lao and Santali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Santali 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 Santali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Santali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Santali Speaking population

Lao and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 %. 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 Santali on Lao vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Santali Language Codes

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