Countries
Laos
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Thai Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
288
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2729
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Silaw
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Sipas
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Bayanit bash
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bibûre
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Be xêr çî
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Laos
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Laos
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Laos
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
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
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
lao
kurde
German Name
Laotisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Kurds
Origin
1283 CE
16th century CE
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Lao
Kurdish
Language Position
4314
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lo
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
kur
ISO 639 2/B
lao
kur
ISO 639 3
lao
kur
ISO 639 6
lao
kur
Glottocode
laoo1244
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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