Countries
Laos
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Czech Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5346
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2815
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2738
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
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Ahoj
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Dobré ráno
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Prosím
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Pardón!
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Dovidenia
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Laos
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Laos
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Laos
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
slovenčina
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
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
lao
slovaque
German Name
Laotisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Slovaks
Origin
1283 CE
6th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Slavic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Lao
Slovak
Language Position
4327
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
slk
ISO 639 2/B
lao
slo
ISO 639 3
lao
slk
ISO 639 6
lao
slk
Glottocode
laoo1244
slov1269
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
Synthetic