Finnish and Slovene Speaking countries
Countries
European Union, Finland
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
Second Language
Estonia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Finnish and Slovene as Minority Language
In Finnish and Slovene speaking countries you will get the countries which have Finnish and Slovene 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.
- Slovene as minority language: Austria, Hungary, Italy.
If you want to compare Finnish and Slovene dialects, then you can go to Finnish vs Slovene Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Finnish and Slovene Regulators
Finnish and Slovene speaking countries provide you Finnish and Slovene regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute for the Languages of Finland regulates Finnish language.Slovene is regulated by Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Also get to learn, Finnish and Slovene Language History.
Finnish and Slovene Continents
Thinking about Finnish and Slovene continents in which Finnish and Slovene speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Finnish and Slovene. Most of the Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While Slovene speaking countries lie in Europe. 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 Slovene 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.
Slovene Interesting Facts:
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
The Finnish language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages whereas Finnish language is similar to Serbo-Croatian and derived from Not Available.