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Lao and Slovak


Lao
Slovak and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
15   
12

How Many Consonants
27   
17
38   
27

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   
Ahoj   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
Dobrú noc   

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

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
Dobré ráno   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
Prosím   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
Pardón!   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
5.20 million   
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
slovenčina   

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   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
lao   
slovaque   

German Name
Laotisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
6th Century   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Slovak   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
slo   

ISO 639 3
lao   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Synthetic   

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

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Lao and Slovak Speaking population

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

Lao and Slovak Language Codes

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

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