Countries
Laos
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Thai Language
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5344
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2817
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2727
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Hach ch'i
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
مهربانی کر
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Laos
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Poguli
Where They Speak
Laos
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Rambani
Where They Speak
Laos
India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million5.42 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
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
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
lao
kashmiri
German Name
Laotisch
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
1283 CE
12th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Kashmiri
Language Position
4323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
kas
ISO 639 2/B
lao
kas
ISO 639 3
lao
kas
ISO 639 6
lao
kas
Glottocode
laoo1244
kash1277
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
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