Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Laos
National Language
Russia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Olonets
Laos
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Laos
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Russki
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
German Name
Russisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Russians
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Eastern
Not Available
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Lao
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
laoo1244
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating
Russian and Lao Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Russian and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Lao language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Lao Difficulty
The Russian vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Lao Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Russian and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.