Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Laos
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
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
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Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
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
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Croatia
Laos
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Croatia
Laos
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
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Lao
Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bosn1245
laoo1244
Linguasphere
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No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating
All Bosnian 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 Bosnian and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bosnian and Lao Speaking population
Bosnian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % 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 Bosnian and Lao on Bosnian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bosnian and Lao Language Codes
Bosnian and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bosnian and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.