Countries
Laos
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
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National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5348
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
286
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2739
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
dobry dzień
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Dziakuj
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Jak vy ?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Dabranač
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
dobry dzień
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Dobraj ranicy
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Kali laska
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Vybačajcie
Bye
Sôhk dii der
da pabačennia
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Laos
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Laos
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
Laos
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million9.63 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.89 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
lao
biélorusse
German Name
Laotisch
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Belarusians
Origin
1283 CE
18th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Slavic
Branch
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Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Lao
Belarusian
Language Position
4379
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
bel
ISO 639 2/B
lao
bel
ISO 639 3
lao
bel
ISO 639 6
lao
bel
Glottocode
laoo1244
bela1254
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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