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Lao vs Slovene


Lao
Lao
Slovene vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
European Union, Slovenia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  

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, Hungary, Italy  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  

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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Serbo-Croatian  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
20  
10

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  
Halo  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
Hvala  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
Kako se imate?  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
Lahko noč  

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
Dober večer  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
Dober dan  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
Dobro jutro  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
Prosim  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
Oprostite  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
Nasvidenje  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
Ljubim te  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Prekmurje Slovene  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Hungary, Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Italy  

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Slovenia  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
48  
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
2.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
Not available  

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  
Slovenian, Slovenscina  

French Name
lao  
slovène  

German Name
Laotisch  
Slowenisch  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Slovenes  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
972-1093  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Slovene  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
sl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
slv  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
slv  

ISO 639 3
lao  
slv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
slov1268  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-f  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
Fusional  

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Lao and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Slovene language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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

Lao vs Slovene Difficulty

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

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