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Lao
Ukrainian and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  
Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
-  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
6  
3

How Many Consonants
27  
17
22  
12

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
будь ласк  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Laos  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

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  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
lao  
ukrainien  

German Name
Laotisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Lao people  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
1561  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
43  
40
26  
24

Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
lao  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
lao  
ukr  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Lao and Ukrainian Speaking population

Lao and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Lao vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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