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 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.