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Slovene vs Lao


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Lao
Lao vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
25  
7
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
28  
20

How Many Consonants
20  
10
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Thai and Lao Braille  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  

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

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

Please
Prosim  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  

Sorry
Oprostite  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
Sôhk dii der  

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

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Vientiane Lao  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Resian  
Northern Lao  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Laos  

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Central Lao  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
Laos  

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Slovene and Lao Language History

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

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

Slovene vs Lao Difficulty

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

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