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Countries

Countries

Laos
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

Regulated By

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University of Sarajevo

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.

Similar To

Thai Language
Serbian and Croatian

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5330
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

285
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2725
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Zdravo

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Hvala

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kako si?

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Laku noc

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Dobro veće

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Dobar dan

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Dobro jutro

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
molim vas

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Oprostite

Bye

Sôhk dii der
Zbogom

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Volim te

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Oprostite

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Shtokavian

Where They Speak

Laos
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Chakavian

Where They Speak

Laos
Croatia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00660,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Kajkavian

Where They Speak

Laos
Croatia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0021,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

66
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million3.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million3.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million20.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى

Alternative Names

Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
Bosanski Jezik

French Name

lao
bosniaque

German Name

Laotisch
Bosnisch

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[bɔ̌sanskiː]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Bosniaks

History

Origin

1283 CE
19th Century

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Tai
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Lao
Bosnian

Language Position

4324
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Bosnian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
bs

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
bos

ISO 639 2/B

lao
bos

ISO 639 3

lao
bos

ISO 639 6

lao
boss

Glottocode

laoo1244
bosn1245

Linguasphere

No data available
part of 53-AAA-g

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
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Lao and Bosnian Alphabets

Lao and Bosnian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Bosnian. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Bosnian Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Lao and Bosnian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Bosnian languages. The Lao phonology consist Lao vowels and Lao consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Lao greetings vs Bosnian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Bosnian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Lao and Bosnian 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 Lao and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Lao and Bosnian Speaking population

Lao and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 %. 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 Lao and Bosnian on Lao vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Bosnian Language Codes

Lao and Bosnian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Bosnian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.