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Finnish vs Filipino


Filipino vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Philippines  

Second Language
Estonia  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  

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.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Tagalog Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Spanish Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
13  
3
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Kumusta  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Kumusta  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
magandang gabi  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Magandang gabi  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Magandang hapon  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Magandang umaga  

Please
haluta  
Mangyaring  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Heippa  
Paalam  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Mahal kita  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
patawarin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Bikol  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Philippines  

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Hiligaynon  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
8,200,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Waray  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
2,600,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
45.00 million  
23

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
45.00 million  
13

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
filipino  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Pilipino  

French Name
finnois  
filipino; pilipino  

German Name
Finnisch  
Pilipino  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1543  
16th Century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Filipino  

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
No Data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
fil  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
fil  

ISO 639 3
fin  
fil  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
finn1318  
fili1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No Data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Finnish and Filipino Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Filipino language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Filipino Language History.

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Finnish and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Finnish and Filipino language. Finnish word for "Hello" is Moi or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Finnish Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Finnish vs Filipino Difficulty

The Finnish vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.

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