Countries
Iran
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Iran
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica
Asia
Minority Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.
- 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.
Similar To
Persian
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4553
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
528
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4027
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
25 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Thank you
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
how are you
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Good night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Good evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Good morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
bye
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
i love you
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
excuse me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Feyli lurish
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
Laos
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bakhtiari
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Iran
Laos
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Laki
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Iran
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.00 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
89.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
nanme
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Lori, Luri, Luristani
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
louri
lao
German Name
-
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Lurs
Lao people
Origin
19 BC
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
gd
No Early forms
Standard Forms
gd
Lao
Language Position
2343
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Lao Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
12
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lrc
lao
ISO 639 2/B
lrc
lao
ISO 639 3
12
lao
ISO 639 6
lrc
lao
Glottocode
12
laoo1244
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Isolating