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Lao vs Czech


Lao
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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