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Belarusian and Lao


Lao
Lao and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Belarus, Gambia   
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   

Second Language
Poland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • 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
Russian and Ukrainian   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
28   
20

How Many Consonants
39   
28
27   
17

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Thai and Lao Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień   
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   

Thank You
Dziakuj   
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   

How Are You?
Jak vy ?   
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   

Good Night
Dabranač   
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   

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

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

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   

Please
Kali laska   
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   

Sorry
Vybačajcie   
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   

Bye
da pabačennia   
Sôhk dii der   

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

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian   
Vientiane Lao   

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus   
Laos   

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian   
Northern Lao   

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus   
Laos   

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian   
Central Lao   

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus   
Laos   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million   
26
Not Available   

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao   

French Name
biélorusse   
lao   

German Name
Weißrussisch   
Laotisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
pʰáːsǎː láːw   

Ethnicity
Belarusians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
18th century   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Tai   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No Early forms   

Standard Forms
Belarusian   
Lao   

Language Position
79   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
be   
lo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel   
lao   

ISO 639 2/B
bel   
lao   

ISO 639 3
bel   
lao   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bela1254   
laoo1244   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Isolating   

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

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Belarusian and Lao Speaking population

Belarusian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. 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 Belarusian and Lao on Belarusian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Lao Language Codes

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

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