Countries
India, Nepal
Laos
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
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Many Consonants
Not Available
Scripts
Devanagari
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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)
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
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
North India
Laos
Dialect 3
Khortha
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Laos
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
German Name
Maithili
Laotisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Maithil
Not Available
Origin
14th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tai
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Lao
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
lo
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mait1250
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Isolating
All Maithili 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 Maithili and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Lao Speaking population
Maithili and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. 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 Maithili and Lao on Maithili vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Lao Language Codes
Maithili and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.