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Lao vs Czech


Lao
Czech vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Czech Republic, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
Czech Republic   

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, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute of the Czech 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.
  
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
32   
21

How Many Consonants
27   
17
32   
22

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
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)   
ahoj   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
děkuji   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
Jak se máš?   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
dobrou 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 odpoledne   

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

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
prosím   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
litovat   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
sbohem   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
Miluji tě   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
promiňte   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Chod   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Chodsko, Bohemia   

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Lach   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Moravian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
27

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
13   
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
čeština / český jazyk   

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   
Bohemian, Cestina   

French Name
lao   
tchèque   

German Name
Laotisch   
Tschechisch   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Czechs   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
9th Century   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Standard Czech   

Language Position
Not Available   
73   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Czech Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
cs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
ces   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
cze   

ISO 639 3
lao   
ces   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
czec1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Lao and Czech Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Czech language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Czech language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Lao and Czech Language History.

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Lao and Czech 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 Czech greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Czech language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Czech word for "Thank You" is děkuji. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Czech Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lao vs Czech Difficulty

The Lao vs Czech difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Czech 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 Czech are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Czech, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Czech time required is 44 weeks.

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