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Serbian and Lao


Lao
Lao
Lao and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
28  
20

How Many Consonants
25  
15
27  
17

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Thai and Lao Braille  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  

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

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

Please
Молим (Molim)  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Sôhk dii der  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Vientiane Lao  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Laos  

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Northern Lao  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Laos  

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Central Lao  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao  

French Name
serbe  
lao  

German Name
Serbisch  
Laotisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
pʰáːsǎː láːw  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Not Available  

History

Origin
11th Century  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Tai  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Lao  

Language Position
44  
33
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
lo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
lao  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
lao  

ISO 639 3
srp  
lao  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
laoo1244  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Isolating  

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All Serbian and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Serbian and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Lao Speaking population

Serbian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Serbian and Lao on Serbian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Lao Language Codes

Serbian and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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