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Lao vs Ukrainian


Lao
Ukrainian vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
6   
3

How Many Consonants
27   
17
22   
12

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

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   

History

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   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Lao and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Ukrainian language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Lao and Ukrainian Language History.

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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.

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