Countries
Laos
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
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
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
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.
  
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Serbia
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
8.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
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
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
lao
  
serbe
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Serbs
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
11th 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
  
Standard Serbian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Not Available