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Countries

Countries

Laos
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia

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, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia

Regulated By

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Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.

Similar To

Thai Language
Bosnian and Croatian Languages

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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

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)
Здраво (Zdravo)

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Како си? (Kako si?)

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Добро вече (Dobro veče)

Good Afternoon

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

Good Morning

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

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Молим (Molim)

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)

Bye

Sôhk dii der
Довиђења (Doviđenja)

I Love You

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

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Извините (Izvinite)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Prizren-Timok

Where They Speak

Laos
Southeastern Serbia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Smederevo–Vršac

Where They Speak

Laos
Serbia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Torlakian

Where They Speak

Laos
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.001,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

63
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million8.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million8.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million12.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)

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
Montenegrin

French Name

lao
serbe

German Name

Laotisch
Serbisch

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[sr̩̂pskiː]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Serbs

History

Origin

1283 CE
11th 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
Standard Serbian

Language Position

4344
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
sr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
srp

ISO 639 2/B

lao
srp

ISO 639 3

lao
srp

ISO 639 6

lao
srp

Glottocode

laoo1244
serb1264

Linguasphere

No data available
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
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Lao and Serbian Alphabets

Lao and Serbian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Serbian. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Serbian Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Lao and Serbian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Serbian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Serbian Speaking population

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

Lao and Serbian Language Codes

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