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Armenian vs Finnish


Finnish vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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
Greek   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38   
20
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
32   
22
13   
3

Scripts
Armenian manuscript   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12   
9
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)   
Moi   

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   
haluta   

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)   
Anteeksi   

Bye
Ց'տեսություն   
Heippa   

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   
Finland   

Dialect 2
Western Armenian   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   
Finland, Rauma   

Dialect 3
Not Applicable   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Not Applicable   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
21   
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
6.00 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   
Suomi   

French Name
arménien   
finnois   

German Name
Armenisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Armenians   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
late 5th century   
1543   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   
standard Finnish   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hy   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
arm   
fin   

ISO 639 3
hye   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arme1241   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Armenian and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Finnish language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century 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 Armenian and Finnish Language History.

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

Armenian vs Finnish Difficulty

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

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