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Lao and Russian Speaking countries


Lao
Russian and Lao Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

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Lao and Russian as Minority Language

In Lao and Russian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Lao and Russian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Lao as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.
  • Russian as minority language: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

If you want to compare Lao and Russian dialects, then you can go to Lao vs Russian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Lao and Russian Regulators

Lao and Russian speaking countries provide you Lao and Russian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Lao is not regulated.Russian is regulated by Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Also get to learn, Lao and Russian Language History.

Lao and Russian Continents

Thinking about Lao and Russian continents in which Lao and Russian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Lao and Russian. Most of the Lao speaking countries lie in Asia. While Russian speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Lao and Russian languages:

Lao Interesting Facts:

Russian Interesting Facts:

The Lao language was derived from Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages and is similar to Thai Language whereas Lao language is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages and derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary.

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