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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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