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Lao and Serbian


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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