Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
Laos
  
National Language
Austria
  
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, Montenegro, Romania
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
- 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
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Church Slavonic
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bok
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
hvala
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
kako si
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
laku noć
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
dobra večer
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
dobro jutro
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
molim
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Doviđenja
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Volim te
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Chakavian
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chakavian
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million
  
18
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.60 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million
  
36
Not Available
  
Native Name
hrvatski
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
  
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
croate
  
lao
  
German Name
Kroatisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Croats
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hr
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hrv
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
hrv
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
hrv
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
croa1245
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Isolating
  
Croatian and Lao Speaking population
Croatian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Croatian and Lao on Croatian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Croatian and Lao Language Codes
Croatian and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Croatian and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.