Countries
Laos
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
-
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Thai Language
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5352
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2810
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2740
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
خوش آمديد
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
گڈ مارننگ
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
براہ مہربانی
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
معاف کرنا
Bye
Sôhk dii der
الوداع
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Dakhini
Where They Speak
Laos
India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Laos
India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0069,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Rekhta
Where They Speak
Laos
South Asia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0069,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million104.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.99 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million61.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million43.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
اُردُو
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
Bihari
French Name
lao
ourdou
German Name
Laotisch
Urdu
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Urdu-speaking people
Origin
1283 CE
12th Century CE
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Modern Standard Urdu
Language Position
4320
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
ur
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
urd
ISO 639 2/B
lao
urd
ISO 639 3
lao
urd
ISO 639 6
lao
urd
Glottocode
laoo1244
urdu1245
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional