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Slovene vs Lao


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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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