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Finnish and Greek


Greek and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Estonia  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Armenian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
13  
3
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, 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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
Kiitos  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
haluta  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
Heippa  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
50,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
Not Available  

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
finnois  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Finnisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
1543  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Hellenic  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
Not Available  
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
gre  

ISO 639 3
fin  
ell  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
ells  

Glottocode
finn1318  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
No data available  
56-AAA-a  

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

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Finnish and Greek Speaking population

Finnish and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Finnish vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Greek Language Codes

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

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