Countries
India, Nepal
Laos
National Language
Nepal
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
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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.
Similar To
Hindi
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
कृपया
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Nepal
Laos
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Laos
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Nepal
Laos
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
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
German Name
Nepali
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Lao people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Lao
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
nepa1254
laoo1244
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Isolating
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 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 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.