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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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