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
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
- 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
Kannada Language
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5153
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1628
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3527
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskara
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
yedde rathre
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
yedde kaande
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Daya maltadu
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Barpe
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Laos
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Jain
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Girijan
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Laos
How Many People Speak
2.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.70 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Tulu
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
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
-
lao
German Name
Tulu
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtulu]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Tuluva
Lao people
Origin
14
1283 CE
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Tulu
Lao
Language Position
2343
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Tulu
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tcy
lao
ISO 639 2/B
tul
lao
ISO 639 3
tcy
lao
ISO 639 6
tcy
lao
Glottocode
tulu1258
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Isolating