National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
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Dzongkha Development Commission
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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Thai Language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Tsip maza
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Laya
Where They Speak
Laos
Bhutan
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Lunana
Where They Speak
Laos
Bhutan
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Adap
Where They Speak
Laos
Bhutan
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
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
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
German Name
Laotisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Ngalop people
Origin
1283 CE
17th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
laoo1244
nucl1307
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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Lao and Dzongkha Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lao and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Dzongkha language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Lao vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Dzongkha Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lao and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is 38 weeks.