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Lao vs Finnish


Lao
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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