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
Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
croa1245
laoo1244
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating
Croatian and Lao Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Croatian and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Lao language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Croatian vs Lao Difficulty
The Croatian vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian Alphabets and Lao Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Croatian and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.
