Countries
Countries
India, Pakistan
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
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
Not Available
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
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1028
0
32
👆🏻
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
NA6
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
NA44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
Laos
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Vicholi
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
Laos
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Lari
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
Laos
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.39 %NA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
-9999
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Not Available
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
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
History
Origin
711 A.D
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
-9999
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Sindhi
Lao
Language Position
50NA
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
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