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Catalan and Finnish


Finnish and Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Spain   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200   
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
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
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hola   
Moi   

Thank You
Gràcies   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Com estàs?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
Bona nit   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
Bona nit   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
Bon dia   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
Sisplau   
haluta   

Sorry
Perdó!   
Anteeksi   

Bye
Adéu   
Heippa   

I Love You
T'estimo   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Dispensi!   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain   
Finland   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Valencian   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Finland, Rauma   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
19
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
21   
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
4.10 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million   
28
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
català   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian   
Suomi   

French Name
catalan; valencien   
finnois   

German Name
Katalanisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Catalan people   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
c. 1028   
1543   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian   
standard Finnish   

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ca   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
cat   
fin   

ISO 639 3
cat   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1289   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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All Catalan 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 Catalan and Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Catalan and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Catalan are spoken in different Catalan Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Catalan vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Catalan dialects include: Caló, Valencian. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Catalan and Finnish Speaking population

Catalan and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available. 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 Catalan and Finnish on Catalan vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Finnish Language Codes

Catalan and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Catalan and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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