Countries
Laos
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
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.
  
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
39.00 million
  
32
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
39.00 million
  
25
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
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
  
Not Available
  
French Name
lao
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1561
  
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, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Lao and Ukrainian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lao and Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Ukrainian language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Ukrainian Difficulty
The Lao vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Ukrainian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lao and Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.