Countries
European Union, Finland
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Estonia
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Moi
  
Hola
  
Thank You
Kiitos
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
hyvää yötä
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
  
Bon dia
  
Please
haluta
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
Anteeksi
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Heippa
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Finland
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Rauma
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.40 million
  
99+
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.40 million
  
99+
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.01 million
  
39
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Suomi
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
finnois
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Finnisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
1543
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Romance
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fi
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fin
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
fin
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
fin
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
finn1318
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Finnish and Catalan Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Finnish and Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Finnish and Catalan language. Finnish word for "Hello" is Moi or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Finnish Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Finnish vs Catalan Difficulty
The Finnish vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish Alphabets and Catalan Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Finnish and Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.