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Finnish and German Speaking countries


German and Finnish Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

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

Second Language
Estonia   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

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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:

German Interesting Facts:

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.

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