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Countries

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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5348
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

286
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2739
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Cyrillic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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

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

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

Good Afternoon

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

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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

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

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Vybačajcie

Dialects

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
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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
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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
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Total No. Of Dialects

63
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million9.63 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million7.60 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million5.89 million
0.01 400
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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

History

Origin

1283 CE
18th century

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Tai
Slavic

Branch

-
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

Code

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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Lao and Belarusian Alphabets

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

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

Lao and Belarusian Speaking population

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

Lao and Belarusian Language Codes

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