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Finnish vs Catalan


Catalan vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

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

Alphabets in
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
13  
3
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Caló  

Where They Speak
Finland  
France, Portugal, Spain  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
440,000.00  
35

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
60,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Finnish and Catalan Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Catalan language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Catalan language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Finnish and Catalan Language History.

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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.

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