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
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
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
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
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Jain
Where They Speak
Laos
Tamil Nadu
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Girijan
Where They Speak
Laos
Tamil Nadu
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
German Name
Laotisch
Tulu
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Tuluva
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Dravidian Family
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
No data available
Glottocode
laoo1244
tulu1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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Lao and Tulu 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 Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Tulu language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Tulu Difficulty
The Lao vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Tulu 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 Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.