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Lao vs Slovak


Lao
Slovak vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

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  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
15  
12

How Many Consonants
27  
17
38  
27

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  
Ahoj  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
Dobrú 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 popoludnie  

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

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
Prosím  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
Pardón!  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
5.20 million  
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
slovenčina  

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  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
lao  
slovaque  

German Name
Laotisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
6th Century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Slovak  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
slo  

ISO 639 3
lao  
slk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Lao and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Slovak language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Lao vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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