Countries
Belarus, Poland
  
Laos
  
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 in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.