Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Laos
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
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Croatia
Laos
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Laos
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
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
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Lao
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
croa1245
laoo1244
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating
All Croatian 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 Croatian and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Croatian and Lao Speaking population
Croatian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % 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 Croatian and Lao on Croatian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Croatian and Lao Language Codes
Croatian and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Croatian and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.