Finnish and Japanese Speaking countries
Countries
European Union, Finland
Japan
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Japan
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Palau
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
Not Available
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Finnish and Japanese as Minority Language
In Finnish and Japanese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Finnish and Japanese 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.
- Japanese as minority language: Palau.
If you want to compare Finnish and Japanese dialects, then you can go to Finnish vs Japanese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Finnish and Japanese Regulators
Finnish and Japanese speaking countries provide you Finnish and Japanese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute for the Languages of Finland regulates Finnish language.Japanese is regulated by Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education. Also get to learn, Finnish and Japanese Language History.
Finnish and Japanese Continents
Thinking about Finnish and Japanese continents in which Finnish and Japanese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Finnish and Japanese. Most of the Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While Japanese speaking countries lie in Asia, Pacific. 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 Japanese 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.
Japanese Interesting Facts:
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
The Finnish language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages whereas Finnish language is similar to Korean Language and derived from Not Available.