Countries
Laos
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
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Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Thai Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2810
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2721
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Laos
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Olonets
Where They Speak
Laos
Olonets
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00154,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Laos
Novgorod
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00154,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
613
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million276.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %2.33 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million166.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million110.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Русский
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
Russki
French Name
lao
russe
German Name
Laotisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Russians
Origin
1283 CE
1000 AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Slavic
Branch
-
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Russian
Language Position
437
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
ru
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
rus
ISO 639 2/B
lao
rus
ISO 639 3
lao
rus
ISO 639 6
lao
rus
Glottocode
laoo1244
russ1263
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-ea
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic