Countries
European Union, Finland
Laos
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
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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
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
haluta
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Anteeksi
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
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
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
German Name
Finnisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Lao people
Language Family
Uralic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
No Early forms
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Lao
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
finn1318
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Isolating
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.
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 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. 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.