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French vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
32  
3

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

Second Language
Estonia  
Africa, Canada  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Italian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
bonjour  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Merci  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Comment allez-vous?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
bonne Nuit  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
bonsoir  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
bon Après-Midi  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Bonjour  

Please
haluta  
S'il vous plaît  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
désolé  

Bye
Heippa  
au revoir  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Je t'aime  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Excuse Moi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Quebec French  

Where They Speak
Finland  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,200,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Rauma  
African French  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Africa  

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Swiss French  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Northeast France, Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
1,800,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.12 %  
17

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
87.00 million  
11

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
français  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Français  

French Name
finnois  
français  

German Name
Finnisch  
Französisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1543  
9th Century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Romance  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Old French, Middle French and French  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Standard French  

Language Position
Not Available  
13  
12

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
fr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
fra  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
fre  

ISO 639 3
fin  
fra  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
fras  

Glottocode
finn1318  
stan1290  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-i  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Finnish and French Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and French language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th 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 French Language History.

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

Finnish vs French Difficulty

The Finnish vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.

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