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Countries

Countries

Iran
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4553
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

528
0 32
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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
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Time Taken to Learn

25 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

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
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

Good afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

Good morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

bye
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

i love you
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

excuse me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

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
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Dialect 2

Bakhtiari
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Iran
Laos

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Laki
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Iran
Laos

How Many People Speak

1,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

56
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.00 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

89.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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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

History

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
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System
Lao Sign Language

Scope

-
Individual

Code

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
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Types of Language

Language Type

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Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Isolating

Luri and Lao Alphabets

Luri and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Luri and Lao. In Luri Alphabets there are 45 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Luri and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Luri and Lao languages. The Luri phonology consist Luri vowels and Luri consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Luri greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Luri and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Luri and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Luri and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Luri and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Luri are spoken in different Luri Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Luri vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Luri dialects include: Feyli lurish, Bakhtiari. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Luri and Lao Speaking population

Luri and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Luri and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Luri and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Luri language is 0.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Luri and Lao on Luri vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Luri and Lao Language Codes

Luri and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Luri and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.