Countries
Laos
Iran
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Antartica
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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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.
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.
Similar To
Thai Language
Persian
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5345
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2740
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks25 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
hello
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Thank you
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
how are you
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good night
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good evening
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Good morning
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Please
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
sorry
Bye
Sôhk dii der
bye
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
i love you
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
excuse me
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Feyli lurish
Where They Speak
Laos
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Bakhtiari
Where They Speak
Laos
Iran
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Laki
Where They Speak
Laos
Iran
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million0.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million0.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million89.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
nanme
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
Lori, Luri, Luristani
French Name
lao
louri
German Name
Laotisch
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Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Lurs
Origin
1283 CE
19 BC
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
gd
Standard Forms
Lao
gd
Language Position
4323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
lo
12
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
lrc
ISO 639 2/B
lao
lrc
ISO 639 3
lao
12
ISO 639 6
lao
lrc
Glottocode
laoo1244
12
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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