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Countries

Countries

India, Pakistan
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

India, Pakistan
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  • 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 Language
Thai Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5353
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

928
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4127
9 60
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Scripts

Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Pothohari
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Pakistan
Laos

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Saraiki
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Laos

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Doabi
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Pakistan, Punjab, India
Laos

How Many People Speak

130,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

306
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

154.30 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.44 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

100.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

54.30 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
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

pendjabi
lao

German Name

Pandschabi-Sprache
Laotisch

Pronunciation

Not Availble
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Punjabis
Lao people

History

Origin

1000 AD
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Tai

Branch

Indic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Punjabi
Lao

Language Position

2343
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Lao Sign Language

Scope

-
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pa
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pan
lao

ISO 639 2/B

pan
lao

ISO 639 3

pan
lao

ISO 639 6

panj
lao

Glottocode

panj1256
laoo1244

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

-
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Isolating

Punjabi and Lao Alphabets

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

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

Punjabi and Lao Speaking population

Punjabi and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Punjabi and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Punjabi and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 % 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 Punjabi and Lao on Punjabi vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Punjabi and Lao Language Codes

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