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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Nepal
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Nepal
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  • 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.
1.9 Similar To
Hindi
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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48
Rank: 28 (Overall)
53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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12
Rank: 9 (Overall)
28
Rank: 20 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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36
Rank: 26 (Overall)
27
Rank: 17 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Devanagari
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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Rank: 5 (Overall)
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
कृपया
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Doteli
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nepal
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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790,000.00
Rank: 30 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Laos
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Central Lao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Nepal
Laos
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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12
Rank: 12 (Overall)
6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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30.00 million
Rank: 36 (Overall)
25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.25 %
Rank: 41 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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25.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall)
25.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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5.00 million
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
népalais
lao
5.3.5 German Name
Nepali
Laotisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
19 BC
1283 CE
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Nepali
Lao
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ne
lo
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
nep
lao
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
nep
lao
7.3 ISO 639 3
npi
lao
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
nepa1254
laoo1244
7.6 Linguasphere
12
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Isolating

Nepali and Lao Alphabets

Nepali and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Nepali and Lao. In Nepali Alphabets there are 48 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Nepali and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Nepali and Lao languages. The Nepali phonology consist Nepali vowels and Nepali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Nepali greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Nepali and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Nepali 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 Nepali and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Nepali and Lao Speaking population

Nepali and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Lao on Nepali vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Lao Language Codes

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

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