Countries
Laos
  
Belarus, Poland
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Belarus, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
dobry dzień
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Dziakuj
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Jak vy ?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Dabranač
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Dobry viečar
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
dobry dzień
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Dobraj ranicy
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Kali laska
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Vybačajcie
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
da pabačennia
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Vybačajcie
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
North-East Belarus
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
South-Western Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
South-West Belarus
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Middle Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Middle Belarus
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
9.63 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.89 million
  
26
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
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
  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
French Name
lao
  
biélorusse
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Weißrussisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Belarusians
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
18th century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Belarusian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
be
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
bel
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
bel
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
bel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
bela1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Lao and Belarusian Speaking population
Lao and Belarusian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Belarusian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Belarusian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 %. 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 Belarusian on Lao vs Belarusian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Belarusian Language Codes
Lao and Belarusian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Belarusian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.