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Lao and Bosnian


Lao
Bosnian and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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
-  
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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
25  
15

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
3,000,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

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  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Bosnian  

Language Position
43  
40
24  
22

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
-  

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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.

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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.

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