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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
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
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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