Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- 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.
Similar To
Czech Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1528
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3827
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
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
Ahoj
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Dobrú noc
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Prosím
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Pardón!
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Dovidenia
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Laos
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Laos
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Laos
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
slovenčina
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
slovaque
lao
German Name
Slowakisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Lao people
Origin
6th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Tai
Branch
Western
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Slovak
Lao
Language Position
2743
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
lao
ISO 639 2/B
slo
lao
ISO 639 3
slk
lao
ISO 639 6
slk
lao
Glottocode
slov1269
laoo1244
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Isolating