Countries
Laos
  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Austria
  
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, Montenegro, Romania
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
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.
  
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Church Slavonic
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Croatian-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)
  
bok
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
hvala
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
kako si
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
laku noć
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
dobra večer
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
dobar dan
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
dobro jutro
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
molim
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Doviđenja
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Ispričavam se
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Croatia
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
89.00 million
  
18
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
5.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.25 million
  
36
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
hrvatski
  
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
  
Hrvatski
  
French Name
lao
  
croate
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Kroatisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Croats
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
9th 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
  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Croatian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
hr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
croa1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Lao and Croatian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lao and Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Croatian language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Croatian Difficulty
The Lao vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Croatian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lao and Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.