Countries
Laos
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
India, Pakistan, Sindh
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
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National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
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 first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
Similar To
Thai Language
Gujarati
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5364
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2810
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2742
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Devanagari
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)
Assalam O Alaikum
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Meharbani
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kehra haal aahin
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
tava kia aayo
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Sham Jo Salam
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Assalam o Alaikum
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Subho Bakhair
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Mehrbani
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Moon khe afsos aahe
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Allah Wahi
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Maaf Kajo
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Siraiki
Where They Speak
Laos
Upper Sindh
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0025,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Vicholi
Where They Speak
Laos
Central Sindh
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0025,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Lari
Where They Speak
Laos
Lower Sindh
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0025.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million29.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.39 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million25.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
سنڌي
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
Sindhi
French Name
lao
sindhi
German Name
Laotisch
Sindhi-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[sɪndi]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Sindhi people
Origin
1283 CE
711 A.D
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
Standard Forms
Lao
Sindhi
Language Position
4350
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Sindhi
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
sd
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
snd
ISO 639 2/B
lao
snd
ISO 639 3
lao
snd
ISO 639 6
lao
snd
Glottocode
laoo1244
sind1272
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
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