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Lao vs Finnish


Lao
Finnish vs 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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Lao and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Finnish language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543. 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 Finnish Language History.

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Lao and Finnish 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 Finnish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Finnish language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Finnish word for "Thank You" is Kiitos. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Finnish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lao vs Finnish Difficulty

The Lao vs Finnish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Finnish 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 Finnish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Finnish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Finnish time required is 44 weeks.

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