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Finnish and Albanian


Albanian and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

Second Language
Estonia  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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.
    •   

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Romanian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
13  
3
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
mirëmengjes  

Please
haluta  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Me fal  

Bye
Heippa  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Gheg Albanian  

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

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

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Tosk Albanian  

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

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

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Italy  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
3.60 million  
31

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Not Available  

French Name
finnois  
albanais  

German Name
Finnisch  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Albanians  

History

Origin
1543  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Standard Albanian  

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
alb  

ISO 639 3
fin  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
finn1318  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
No data available  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Finnish and Albanian Speaking population

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

Finnish and Albanian Language Codes

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

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