Countries
India, Nepal
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Nepal
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Nepal
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
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
- 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
Bhojpuri Language
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4753
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
828
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2227
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
pranam
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
dhanyabad
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Śubharātri
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
kripaya
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
maf karai
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Alavidā
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
kripaya
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Nepal
Laos
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
North India
Laos
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Khortha
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Laos
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
156
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.41 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
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
maithili
lao
German Name
Maithili
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Maithil
Lao people
Origin
14th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Lao
Language Position
4043
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
lao
ISO 639 2/B
mai
lao
ISO 639 3
mai
lao
ISO 639 6
mai
lao
Glottocode
mait1250
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Isolating