Countries
Laos
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Thai Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5354
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2818
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2736
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Vedda
Where They Speak
Laos
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Laos
-
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Laos
-
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
61
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million16.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million16.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
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
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
lao
singhalais
German Name
Laotisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Sinhalese people
Origin
1283 CE
3
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Lao
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
4370
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
si
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
sin
ISO 639 2/B
lao
sin
ISO 639 3
lao
sin
ISO 639 6
lao
sin
Glottocode
laoo1244
sinh1246
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
Fusional