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Lao and Finnish


Lao
Lao
Finnish and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
8  
5

How Many Consonants
27  
17
13  
3

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  
Moi  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
Kiitos  

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

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
hyvää yötä  

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

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

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

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
haluta  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
Anteeksi  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
Heippa  

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

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Finland  

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Finland, Rauma  

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
21  
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
suomi / suomen kieli  

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  
Suomi  

French Name
lao  
finnois  

German Name
Laotisch  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
1543  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Lao  
standard Finnish  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
fin  

ISO 639 3
lao  
fin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
finn1318  

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
Isolating  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Lao and Finnish 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 Lao and Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lao and Finnish Speaking population

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

Lao and Finnish Language Codes

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

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