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Belarusian

Lao
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Countries

Countries

Belarus, Poland
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Belarus, Gambia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts

  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  • 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

Russian and Ukrainian
Thai Language

Derived From

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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4853
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

628
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3927
9 60
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Scripts

Cyrillic
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

dobry dzień
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

Dziakuj
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Jak vy ?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

Dabranač
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

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

Good Afternoon

dobry dzień
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

Dobraj ranicy
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

Kali laska
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

Vybačajcie
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

da pabačennia
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

JA liubliu ciabie
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Vybačajcie
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

North-Eastern Belarusian
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

North-East Belarus
Laos

How Many People Speak

7,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

South-Western Belarusian
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

South-West Belarus
Laos

How Many People Speak

7,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Middle Belarusian
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Middle Belarus
Laos

How Many People Speak

7,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

36
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.63 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.60 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.89 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
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

biélorusse
lao

German Name

Weißrussisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Belarusians
Lao people

History

Origin

18th century
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Slavic
Tai

Branch

Eastern
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old East Slavic
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Belarusian
Lao

Language Position

7943
1 120
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Signed Forms

Belarusian Sign Language
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

be
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

bel
lao

ISO 639 2/B

bel
lao

ISO 639 3

bel
lao

ISO 639 6

bel
lao

Glottocode

bela1254
laoo1244

Linguasphere

53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Isolating

Belarusian and Lao Alphabets

Belarusian and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Belarusian and Lao. In Belarusian Alphabets there are 48 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Belarusian and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Belarusian and Lao languages. The Belarusian phonology consist Belarusian vowels and Belarusian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Belarusian greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Belarusian and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Belarusian 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 Belarusian and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Belarusian and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Belarusian are spoken in different Belarusian Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Belarusian vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian, South-Western Belarusian. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Belarusian and Lao Speaking population

Belarusian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. 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 Belarusian and Lao on Belarusian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Lao Language Codes

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