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Finnish and Slovak


Slovak and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
15   
12

How Many Consonants
13   
3
38   
27

Scripts
Latin   
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   
Ahoj   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Dobré ráno   

Please
haluta   
Prosím   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Pardón!   

Bye
Heippa   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
finnois   
slovaque   

German Name
Finnisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
1543   
6th Century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Slavic   

Branch
Finnic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Slovak   

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
slo   

ISO 639 3
fin   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Finnish and Slovak Speaking population

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Finnish and Slovak Language Codes

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