Lao and Sinhalese Speaking countries

Lao and Sinhalese as Minority Language

In Lao and Sinhalese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Lao and Sinhalese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Lao and Sinhalese dialects, then you can go to Lao vs Sinhalese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Lao and Sinhalese Regulators

Lao and Sinhalese speaking countries provide you Lao and Sinhalese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Lao is not regulated.Sinhalese is regulated by Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල). Also get to learn, Lao and Sinhalese Language History.

Lao and Sinhalese Continents

Thinking about Lao and Sinhalese continents in which Lao and Sinhalese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Lao and Sinhalese. Most of the Lao speaking countries lie in Asia. While Sinhalese speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Lao and Sinhalese languages:

Lao 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.

Sinhalese Interesting Facts:

• In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
• Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.

The Lao language was derived from Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages and is similar to Thai Language whereas Lao language is similar to Maldivian Language and derived from Sanskrit Language.