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Lao and Slovene


Lao
Slovene and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
European Union, Slovenia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   

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   
Austria, Hungary, Italy   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Serbo-Croatian   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
5   
2

How Many Consonants
27   
17
20   
10

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   
Halo   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
Hvala   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
Kako se imate?   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
Lahko noč   

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

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

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
Dobro jutro   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
Prosim   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
Oprostite   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
Nasvidenje   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
Ljubim te   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Prekmurje Slovene   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Hungary, Slovenia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Resian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Italy   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Styrian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Slovenia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
48   
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
Not available   

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   
Slovenian, Slovenscina   

French Name
lao   
slovène   

German Name
Laotisch   
Slowenisch   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Slovenes   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
972-1093   

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   
Slovene   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
sl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
slv   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
slv   

ISO 639 3
lao   
slv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
slov1268   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-f   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Fusional   

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

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Lao and Slovene Speaking population

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

Lao and Slovene Language Codes

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

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