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Lao vs Konkani


Lao
Konkani vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
16  
13

How Many Consonants
27  
17
36  
26

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  
Namaskar  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
Chike  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
Maf kor  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
Adeus  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Laos  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Laos  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
Kōṅkaṇī  

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  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
lao  
konkani  

German Name
Laotisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Lao people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Kokani  

Language Position
43  
40
23  
21

Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
kok  

ISO 639 3
lao  
kok  

ISO 639 6
lao  
kok  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
goan1235  

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  
-  

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Lao and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Konkani language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Lao and Konkani Language History.

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Lao and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Konkani language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lao vs Konkani Difficulty

The Lao vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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