Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
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Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian 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
Serbian and Croatian
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3053
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
528
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2527
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
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
Zdravo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Hvala
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Kako si?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Laku noc
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Dobro veće
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
molim vas
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Oprostite
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Zbogom
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Volim te
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Oprostite
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Laos
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Croatia
Laos
How Many People Speak
660,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Croatia
Laos
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
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
bosniaque
lao
German Name
Bosnisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Lao people
Origin
19th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Lao
Language Position
2443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bs
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
lao
ISO 639 2/B
bos
lao
ISO 639 3
bos
lao
ISO 639 6
boss
lao
Glottocode
bosn1245
laoo1244
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating