Countries
European Union, Slovenia
  
Laos
  
National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
Lahko noč
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
Dober večer
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Prosim
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Nasvidenje
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Ljubim te
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Resian
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Styrian
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Slovenia
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Not available
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
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
slovène
  
lao
  
German Name
Slowenisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Slovenes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
972-1093
  
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
Slovene
  
Lao
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sl
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slv
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
slv
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
slv
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1268
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Isolating
  
Slovene and Lao Speaking population
Slovene and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovene and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Slovene and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovene 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 Slovene and Lao on Slovene vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Slovene and Lao Language Codes
Slovene and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovene and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.