Countries
Laos
Czech Republic, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Czech Republic
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
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Regulated By
-
Institute of the Czech Language
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.
- The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
Similar To
Thai Language
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5342
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2832
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2732
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
ahoj
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
děkuji
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Jak se máš?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
dobrou noc
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
dobré odpoledne
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
dobré ráno
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
prosím
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
litovat
Bye
Sôhk dii der
sbohem
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Miluji tě
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
promiňte
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Chod
Where They Speak
Laos
Chodsko, Bohemia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Lach
Where They Speak
Laos
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0010,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Moravian
Where They Speak
Laos
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00108,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
613
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
čeština / český jazyk
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
Bohemian, Cestina
French Name
lao
tchèque
German Name
Laotisch
Tschechisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Czechs
Origin
1283 CE
9th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Slavic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Czech
Language Position
4373
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Czech Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
cs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
ces
ISO 639 2/B
lao
cze
ISO 639 3
lao
ces
ISO 639 6
lao
ces
Glottocode
laoo1244
czec1258
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic