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French and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
32   
3

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
France   

Second Language
Estonia   
Africa, Canada   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
French-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
13   
3
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
bonjour   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Merci   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Bonjour   

Please
haluta   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
désolé   

Bye
Heippa   
au revoir   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Finland   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Rauma   
African French   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Africa   

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
français   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Français   

French Name
finnois   
français   

German Name
Finnisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1543   
9th Century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Romance   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Standard French   

Language Position
Not Available   
13   
12

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
fre   

ISO 639 3
fin   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
finn1318   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Finnish and French Speaking population

Finnish and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and French languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Finnish vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and French Language Codes

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

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