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Lao and Croatian


Lao
Croatian and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
9   
7

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
Austria   

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, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
5   
2

How Many Consonants
27   
17
25   
15

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   
bok   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
hvala   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
kako si   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
laku noć   

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
dobro jutro   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
molim   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
Oprostite   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
Not Available   
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
hrvatski   

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   
Hrvatski   

French Name
lao   
croate   

German Name
Laotisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Croats   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
9th century   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
lao   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Lao and Croatian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Lao and Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lao and Croatian Speaking population

Lao and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Lao and Croatian on Lao vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Croatian Language Codes

Lao and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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