Countries
Laos
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Thai Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
289
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2741
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Laos
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Laos
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Doabi
Where They Speak
Laos
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
630
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
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
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
lao
pendjabi
German Name
Laotisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Lao people
Punjabis
Origin
1283 CE
1000 AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Lao
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
4323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
lo
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
pan
ISO 639 2/B
lao
pan
ISO 639 3
lao
pan
ISO 639 6
lao
panj
Glottocode
laoo1244
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional