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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)

Dialects

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

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

History

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

Code

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

Lao and Sinhalese Alphabets

Lao and Sinhalese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Sinhalese. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters. To learn Lao and Sinhalese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Sinhalese Speaking population

Lao and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Sinhalese on Lao vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Sinhalese Language Codes

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