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Lao vs Marwari


Lao
Marwari vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Rajastan, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
Rajastan, 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   
Nepal, Pakistan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Gujarati Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
10   
7

How Many Consonants
27   
17
32   
22

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   
khammaghani   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
dhanyavaad   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
Kikan ho sa?   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
shubh raatri   

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
Shubh Honjh   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
Shubh Befar   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
Shubh Havar   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
kirpa   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
Maaf Karo   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
bye   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
main tanne pyaar karoon   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
maaf karo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Jogi   

Where They Speak
Laos   
India   

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Bagri   

Where They Speak
Laos   
India   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Dhundhari   

Where They Speak
Laos   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.21 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
14.00 million   
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
Marwari   

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   
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani   

French Name
lao   
marvari   

German Name
Laotisch   
Marwari   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Marwari or Marwadi   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
16   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Marwari   

Language Position
Not Available   
72   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
mwr   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
mwr   

ISO 639 3
lao   
mwr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
raja1256   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Not Available   

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Lao and Marwari Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Marwari language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Marwari language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Marwari language states that this language originated in 16. 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 Marwari Language History.

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

Lao vs Marwari Difficulty

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

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