Countries
India, Pakistan
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Pakistan
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1028
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4027
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
خوش آمديد
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
براہ مہربانی
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
معاف کرنا
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
الوداع
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
India
Laos
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
India
Laos
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rekhta
Central Lao
Where They Speak
South Asia
Laos
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.99 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
61.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
اُردُو
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Bihari
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
ourdou
lao
German Name
Urdu
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people
Lao people
Origin
12th Century CE
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Lao
Language Position
2043
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ur
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
urd
lao
ISO 639 2/B
urd
lao
ISO 639 3
urd
lao
ISO 639 6
urd
lao
Glottocode
urdu1245
laoo1244
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Isolating