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
-
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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 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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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
संध्यायान
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Boge Setak’
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
দয়া করে
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
দুঃখিত
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Hariau
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
61
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
Origin
1283 CE
20th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
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
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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