Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Laos
National Language
Russia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Olonets
Laos
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Laos
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Russki
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
German Name
Russisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Russians
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Eastern
Not Available
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Lao
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
laoo1244
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating
Russian and Lao Speaking population
Russian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. 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 Russian and Lao on Russian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Russian and Lao Language Codes
Russian and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
