Countries
Laos
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Regulated By
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Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Thai Language
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5325
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2720
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
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Halo
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Hvala
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kako se imate?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Lahko noč
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Dober dan
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Dobro jutro
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Prosim
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Oprostite
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Nasvidenje
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Laos
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Resian
Where They Speak
Laos
Italy
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Styrian
Where They Speak
Laos
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
648
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Slovenščina
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
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
lao
slovène
German Name
Laotisch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Slovenes
Origin
1283 CE
972-1093
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Slovene
Language Position
4328
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
slv
ISO 639 2/B
lao
slv
ISO 639 3
lao
slv
ISO 639 6
lao
slv
Glottocode
laoo1244
slov1268
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