Countries
India
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
- 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
Munda Language
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3053
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
628
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2127
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Henda ho
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Adi Johar
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
দয়া করে
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
দুঃখিত
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Hariau
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Mahali
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
India
Laos
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
-
Laos
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Central Lao
Where They Speak
-
Laos
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
16
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
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
santal
lao
German Name
Santali
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Lao people
Origin
20th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Lao
Language Position
4143
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
lao
ISO 639 2/B
sat
lao
ISO 639 3
sat
lao
ISO 639 6
sat
lao
Glottocode
sant1410
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
-
Isolating