Countries
Laos
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
-
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Thai Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2815
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2741
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Laos
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Mappila
Where They Speak
Laos
India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Laos
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
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
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
lao
malayalam
German Name
Laotisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Malayali
Origin
1283 CE
9th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Lao
Malayalam
Language Position
4329
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
mal
ISO 639 2/B
lao
mal
ISO 639 3
lao
mal
ISO 639 6
lao
mal
Glottocode
laoo1244
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Synthetic