Countries
Laos
Fiji, India
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Central Hindi Directorate
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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Thai Language
Urdu
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Laos
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Marwari
Where They Speak
Laos
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Laos
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
हिन्दी
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
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
German Name
Laotisch
Hindi
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Hindustani people
Origin
1283 CE
7th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Hindi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
hins
Glottocode
laoo1244
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
Lao and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Hindi language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Hindi Difficulty
The Lao vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.