Countries
Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2553
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
528
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2027
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
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Halo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Hvala
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Lahko noč
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Dober večer
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Prosim
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Oprostite
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Nasvidenje
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Ljubim te
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Oprostite
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
Laos
How Many People Speak
80,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Resian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Italy
Laos
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Styrian
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Laos
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
486
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.50 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Slovenščina
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
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
slovène
lao
German Name
Slowenisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Lao people
History
Origin
972-1093
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Slovene
Lao
Language Position
2843
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
sl
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slv
lao
ISO 639 2/B
slv
lao
ISO 639 3
slv
lao
ISO 639 6
slv
lao
Glottocode
slov1268
laoo1244
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Isolating