Countries
Laos
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
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 in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-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)
  
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Slovenia
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.