Finnish and German Speaking countries

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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

European Union, Finland

Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

0 46

1.3 National Language

Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden

Germany

1.4 Second Language

Estonia

North Dakota, United States of America

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

Europe

1.6 Minority Language

Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden

Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

1.7 Regulated By

Institute for the Languages of Finland

Council for German Orthography

1.8 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.

One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.

1.9 Similar To

Estonian and Livonian Languages

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages

1.10 Derived From

Not Available

Albanian Languages

Finnish vs German Countries

Comparing Finnish vs German countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Finnish and German languages.

Finnish Speaking Countries: European Union, Finland.
German Speaking Countries: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland.

So we find that, total number of countries where Finnish is official language is 2 whereas total number of countries where German is official language is 7

Find if Finnish and German are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Finnish and German speaking countries will give you the presence of Finnish and German languages in different countries. Along with Finnish vs German countries, you can also compare Finnish vs German.

Finnish and German as Minority Language

In Finnish and German speaking countries you will get the countries which have Finnish and German as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.
German as minority language: Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.

If you want to compare Finnish and German dialects, then you can go to Finnish vs German Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Finnish and German Regulators

Finnish and German speaking countries provide you Finnish and German regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute for the Languages of Finland regulates Finnish language.German is regulated by Council for German Orthography. Also get to learn, Finnish and German Language History.

Finnish and German Continents

Thinking about Finnish and German continents in which Finnish and German speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Finnish and German. Most of the Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While German speaking countries lie in Europe. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Finnish and German languages:

Finnish 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.

German Interesting Facts:

One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.

The Finnish language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages whereas Finnish language is similar to Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages and derived from Albanian Languages.