Countries
Laos
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5332
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
286
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2723
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
سلام
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
متشکرم
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
چطور هستید?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
شب بخیر
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
صبح به خیر
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
لطفا
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
متاسف
Bye
Sôhk dii der
خدا حافظ
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Laos
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Laos
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0012,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Laos
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.007,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
612
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million65.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.99 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million65.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million110.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
فارسی
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
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
lao
persan
German Name
Laotisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Persian people
Origin
1283 CE
1500 BC
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Lao
Persian
Language Position
4323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
fa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
fas
ISO 639 2/B
lao
per
ISO 639 3
lao
pes
ISO 639 6
lao
pers
Glottocode
laoo1244
fars1254
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Synthetic