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Finnish vs Finnish


Finnish vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

Second Language
Estonia   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
13   
3
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Moi   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
haluta   
haluta   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Anteeksi   

Bye
Heippa   
Heippa   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Finland   

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Finland, Rauma   

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
21   
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Suomi   

French Name
finnois   
finnois   

German Name
Finnisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
1543   
1543   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Finnic   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
standard Finnish   

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
fin   

ISO 639 3
fin   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Finnish and Finnish Language History

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

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

Finnish vs Finnish Difficulty

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

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