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Finnish and Lao


Lao
Lao and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
28   
20

How Many Consonants
13   
3
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Thai and Lao Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   

Thank You
Kiitos   
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   

Please
haluta   
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   

Bye
Heippa   
Sôhk dii der   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Vientiane Lao   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Laos   

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Northern Lao   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Laos   

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Central Lao   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
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
finnois   
lao   

German Name
Finnisch   
Laotisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
pʰáːsǎː láːw   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1543   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Tai   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No Early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Lao   

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
lo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
lao   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
lao   

ISO 639 3
fin   
lao   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
laoo1244   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Isolating   

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All Finnish and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Finnish and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Finnish and Lao Speaking population

Finnish and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available 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 Finnish and Lao on Finnish vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Lao Language Codes

Finnish and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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