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Japanese and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
29   
11
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
kansai   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
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)   

History

Origin
1543   
1185   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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   
8   
8

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
fin   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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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.

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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.

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