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Finnish and Catalan


Catalan and Finnish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

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

Second Language
Estonia   
Spain   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

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

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

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
23   
13

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Hola   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Gràcies   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Com estàs?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Bona nit   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Bona nit   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Bona tarda   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Bon dia   

Please
haluta   
Sisplau   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Perdó!   

Bye
Heippa   
Adéu   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
T'estimo   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Dispensi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Caló   

Where They Speak
Finland   
France, Portugal, Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
440,000.00   
35

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Valencian   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Spain   

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

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Ribagorçan   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
4.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
5.10 million   
28

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
català   

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

French Name
finnois   
catalan; valencien   

German Name
Finnisch   
Katalanisch   

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

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Catalan people   

History

Origin
1543   
c. 1028   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Romance   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
Old Catalan   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian   

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Signed Catalan   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
ca   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
cat   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
cat   

ISO 639 3
fin   
cat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
stan1289   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-e   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Finnish and Catalan Speaking population

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

Finnish and Catalan Language Codes

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

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