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Albanian vs Finnish


Finnish vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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  • 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
Romanian   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
36   
18
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
29   
19
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Moi   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
Ju lutem   
haluta   

Sorry
Me fal   
Anteeksi   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Heippa   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Finland   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Finland, Rauma   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Suomi   

French Name
albanais   
finnois   

German Name
Albanisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
1543   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
standard Finnish   

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
fin   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Albanian and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Finnish language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD 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 Albanian and Finnish Language History.

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

Albanian vs Finnish Difficulty

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

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