Countries
European Union, Finland
  
European Union, Finland
  
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
  
Second Language
Estonia
  
Estonia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland
  
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.
  
- 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
  
Estonian and Livonian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Moi
  
Moi
  
Thank You
Kiitos
  
Kiitos
  
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
  
Mitä kuuluu?
  
Good Night
hyvää yötä
  
hyvää yötä
  
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
  
Hyvää iltaa
  
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
  
Hyvää iltapäivää
  
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
  
Hyvää huomenta
  
Please
haluta
  
haluta
  
Sorry
Anteeksi
  
Anteeksi
  
Bye
Heippa
  
Heippa
  
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
  
Minä rakastan sinua
  
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
  
Anteeksi
  
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
  
Colloquial Finnish
  
Where They Speak
Finland
  
Finland
  
Dialect 2
Rauma
  
Rauma
  
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
  
Finland, Rauma
  
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
  
Meänkieli
  
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
  
Finland, Sweden
  
How Many People Speak?
5.40 million
  
99+
5.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.40 million
  
99+
5.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.01 million
  
39
0.01 million
  
39
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
  
suomi / suomen kieli
  
Alternative Names
Suomi
  
Suomi
  
French Name
finnois
  
finnois
  
German Name
Finnisch
  
Finnisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
  
[ˈsuomi]
  
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
  
ethnic Finns
  
Origin
1543
  
1543
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
  
Proto-Finnic language
  
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
  
standard Finnish
  
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
  
Signed Finnish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fi
  
fi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fin
  
fin
  
ISO 639 2/B
fin
  
fin
  
ISO 639 3
fin
  
fin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
finn1318
  
finn1318
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Finnish and Finnish Speaking population
Finnish and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 Finnish and Finnish on Finnish vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Finnish Language Codes
Finnish and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.