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
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Thai Language
Old German Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Not present
Where They Speak
Laos
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Not present
Where They Speak
Laos
Not Available
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Not present
Where They Speak
Laos
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
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
Not Available
German Name
Laotisch
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No Early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Lao
Sanskrit
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Synthetic
Lao and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Sanskrit language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Lao vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.