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 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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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Извините (Izvinite)
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million8.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million8.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
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
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
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
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