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Lao and Belarusian


Lao
Belarusian and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Belarus, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
6   
3

How Many Consonants
27   
17
39   
28

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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

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

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
JA liubliu ciabie   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
Vybačajcie   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

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   

History

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   
79   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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