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Sindhi
Sindhi

Lao
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Countries

Countries

India, Pakistan
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

India, Pakistan, Sindh
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

National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
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Interesting Facts

  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  • 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

Gujarati
Thai Language

Derived From

Prakrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

6453
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1028
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4227
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Devanagari
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, 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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Greetings

Hello

Assalam O Alaikum
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

Meharbani
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Kehra haal aahin
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

tava kia aayo
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

Sham Jo Salam
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

Assalam o Alaikum
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

Subho Bakhair
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

Mehrbani
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

Moon khe afsos aahe
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

Allah Wahi
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

Man tokhe prem karyan ti
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Maaf Kajo
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Siraiki
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Upper Sindh
Laos

How Many People Speak

25,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Vicholi
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Central Sindh
Laos

How Many People Speak

25,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Lari
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Lower Sindh
Laos

How Many People Speak

25.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

66
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

29.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.39 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

25.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

سنڌي
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Sindhi
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

sindhi
lao

German Name

Sindhi-Sprache
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[sɪndi]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Sindhi people
Lao people

History

Origin

711 A.D
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Tai

Branch

Indic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Sindhi
Lao

Language Position

5043
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Sindhi
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sd
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

snd
lao

ISO 639 2/B

snd
lao

ISO 639 3

snd
lao

ISO 639 6

snd
lao

Glottocode

sind1272
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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Sindhi and Lao Alphabets

Sindhi and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Sindhi and Lao. In Sindhi Alphabets there are 64 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Sindhi and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Sindhi and Lao languages. The Sindhi phonology consist Sindhi vowels and Sindhi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Sindhi greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Sindhi and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Sindhi and Lao Speaking population

Sindhi and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sindhi and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Sindhi and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 % 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 Sindhi and Lao on Sindhi vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sindhi and Lao Language Codes

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