Countries
Laos
  
European Union, Finland
  
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 in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Hyvää iltaa
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Hyvää iltapäivää
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Hyvää huomenta
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
haluta
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Anteeksi
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Heippa
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Minä rakastan sinua
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Anteeksi
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.