Countries
Laos
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
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 in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Prepáčte!
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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