Countries
Laos
  
Czech Republic, European Union
  
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 in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Czech-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)
  
děkuji
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Jak se máš?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
dobrou noc
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
dobré odpoledne
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
dobré ráno
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
prosím
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
litovat
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
sbohem
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Miluji tě
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
promiňte
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Czech Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.