Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
91
0
46
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National Language
Austria
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
- 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
Serbain and Bosnian
Thai Language
Derived From
Church Slavonic
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
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
bok
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
hvala
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
kako si
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
laku noć
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
dobra večer
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
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Oprostite
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Doviđenja
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Volim te
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Croatia
Laos
How Many People Speak
660,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Croatia
Laos
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Laos
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
796
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
89.00 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.60 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
hrvatski
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
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
croate
lao
German Name
Kroatisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Croats
Lao people
Origin
9th 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Lao
Language Position
2343
1
120
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Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hr
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hrv
lao
ISO 639 2/B
hrv
lao
ISO 639 3
hrv
lao
ISO 639 6
hrv
lao
Glottocode
croa1245
laoo1244
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating