Countries
Laos
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
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
-
-
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 earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Thai Language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5342
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2811
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2731
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Laos
India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Laos
India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Kosli
Where They Speak
Laos
India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
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
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
lao
oriya
German Name
Laotisch
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Odias
Origin
1283 CE
3 BC
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Odia
Language Position
4332
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lo
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
ori
ISO 639 2/B
lao
ori
ISO 639 3
lao
ori
ISO 639 6
lao
ori
Glottocode
laoo1244
macr1269
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
-