Countries
European Union, Finland
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
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
Alphabets in
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
hyvää yötä
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
guten Tag
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
guten Morgen
Sorry
Anteeksi
Verzeihung
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Finland
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Rauma
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Texas German
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
Texas
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Suomi
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
finnois
allemand
German Name
Finnisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Germans
Origin
1543
6th Century AD
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Germanic
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
finn1318
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Finnish and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and German Speaking population
Finnish and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and German languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Finnish vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and German Language Codes
Finnish and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.