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 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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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
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
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
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
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
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