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
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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
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Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
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
German Name
Laotisch
Finnisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Lao people
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Uralic Family
Early Forms
No Early forms
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Lao
standard Finnish
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
laoo1244
finn1318
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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.
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 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 %. 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.