Countries
Laos
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Total No. Of Countries
19
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Austria
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, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
-
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
Thai Language
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Church Slavonic
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
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
bok
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
hvala
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
kako si
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
laku noć
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
dobar dan
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
dobro jutro
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
molim
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Oprostite
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Doviđenja
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Volim te
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Laos
Croatia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00660,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Laos
Croatia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Laos
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
679
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million89.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %89.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million5.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million1.25 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
hrvatski
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
Hrvatski
French Name
lao
croate
German Name
Laotisch
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Croats
Origin
1283 CE
9th 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Language Position
4323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
hr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
hrv
ISO 639 2/B
lao
hrv
ISO 639 3
lao
hrv
ISO 639 6
lao
hrv
Glottocode
laoo1244
croa1245
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