Countries
Laos
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
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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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Kannada Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5351
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2816
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2735
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Namaskara
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
yedde rathre
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
yedde kaande
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Daya maltadu
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Barpe
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Laos
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Jain
Where They Speak
Laos
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Girijan
Where They Speak
Laos
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Tulu
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
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
lao
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German Name
Laotisch
Tulu
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Tuluva
Origin
1283 CE
14
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Tai
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Tulu
Language Position
4323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
lao
tul
ISO 639 3
lao
tcy
ISO 639 6
lao
tcy
Glottocode
laoo1244
tulu1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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