Countries
Laos
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
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
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Olonets
Where They Speak
Laos
Olonets
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Laos
Novgorod
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
German Name
Laotisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Russians
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
laoo1244
russ1263
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
Lao and Russian Speaking population
Lao and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Lao vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Russian Language Codes
Lao and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.