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Lao and Sindhi


Lao
Sindhi and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

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
-  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

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.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Gujarati  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
10  
7

How Many Consonants
27  
17
42  
31

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Arabic, Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Upper Sindh  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Central Sindh  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Lower Sindh  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
25.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
سنڌي  

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  
Sindhi  

French Name
lao  
sindhi  

German Name
Laotisch  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
[sɪndi]  

Ethnicity
Lao people  
Sindhi people  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
711 A.D  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Sindhi  

Language Position
43  
40
50  
99+

Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language  
Signed Sindhi  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
snd  

ISO 639 3
lao  
snd  

ISO 639 6
lao  
snd  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
sind1272  

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

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Lao and Sindhi Speaking population

Lao and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Lao vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Sindhi Language Codes

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

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