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
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1628
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3627
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
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
20 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Not present
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
-
Laos
How Many People Speak
140,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
-
Laos
How Many People Speak
140,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Central Lao
Where They Speak
-
Laos
How Many People Speak
140,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
06
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
14.10 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
14.10 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
-3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
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
sanskrit
lao
German Name
Sanskrit
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers
Lao people
Origin
2000 B.C.
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Lao
Language Position
2343
1
120
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Signed Forms
-
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sa
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
san
lao
ISO 639 2/B
san
lao
ISO 639 3
san
lao
ISO 639 6
san
lao
Glottocode
sans1269
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Isolating