Finnish and Japanese
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Moi
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Kiitos
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
hyvää yötä
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
haluta
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Anteeksi
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Heippa
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Finland
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Kansai
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
kansai
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
日本語
Alternative Names
Suomi
Not Available
French Name
finnois
japonais
German Name
Finnisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Uralic Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Not Available
Branch
Finnic
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Japanese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
finn1318
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Finnish and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Japanese Speaking population
Finnish and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Finnish vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Japanese Language Codes
Finnish and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
