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