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 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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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)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
306
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
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
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
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