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 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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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Dobar dan
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Dobro jutro
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
molim vas
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Oprostite
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Zbogom
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Volim te
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Oprostite
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
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
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
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
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
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Language Linguistic Typology
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