Countries
India
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
- 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
Bengali and Assamese
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1128
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3127
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
ଦୟାକରି
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
India
Laos
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ganjami
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
India
Laos
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kosli
Central Lao
Where They Speak
India
Laos
How Many People Speak
520,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
33.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
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
oriya
lao
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Odias
Lao people
Origin
3 BC
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Lao
Language Position
3243
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
or
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
lao
ISO 639 2/B
ori
lao
ISO 639 3
ori
lao
ISO 639 6
ori
lao
Glottocode
macr1269
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating