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Lao and Sinhalese


Lao
Sinhalese and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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
Not Available   
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
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
18   
15

How Many Consonants
27   
17
36   
26

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Sinhala alphabet   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

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   

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

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   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
3   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   

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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 , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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 Not Available 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.

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