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Lao and Serbian


Lao
Lao
Serbian and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Serbian-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  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

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

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  
44  
33

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Lao and Serbian 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 Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lao and Serbian Speaking population

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

Lao and Serbian Language Codes

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

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