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Finnish and Slovene


Slovene and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
European Union, Slovenia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Halo   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Hvala   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Kako se imate?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Lahko noč   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Dober večer   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Dober dan   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Dobro jutro   

Please
haluta   
Prosim   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Oprostite   

Bye
Heippa   
Nasvidenje   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Ljubim te   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Prekmurje Slovene   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Hungary, Slovenia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Resian   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Italy   

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Styrian   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Slovenia   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
48   
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Slovenian, Slovenscina   

French Name
finnois   
slovène   

German Name
Finnisch   
Slowenisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Slovenes   

History

Origin
1543   
972-1093   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Slovene   

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
sl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
slv   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
slv   

ISO 639 3
fin   
slv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
slov1268   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-f   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Finnish and Slovene Speaking population

Finnish and Slovene speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Slovene languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Slovene Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovene language is Not Available. 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 Slovene on Finnish vs Slovene where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Slovene Language Codes

Finnish and Slovene language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Slovene Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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