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Finnish vs Galician


Galician vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Galicia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  

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.
  
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Portuguese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
13  
3
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Ola  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Grazas  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Que tal estás?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Boas noites  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Boa tarde  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Boa tarde  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Bos días  

Please
haluta  
Por favor  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Síntoo!  

Bye
Heippa  
Adeus  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Ámote  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Perdoe!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Eastern Galician  

Where They Speak
Finland  
East Galicia  

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Central Galician  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Central Galicia  

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Western Galician  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
West Galicia  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
2.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
Not Available  

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
Galego  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Galego, Gallego  

French Name
finnois  
galicien  

German Name
Finnisch  
Galicisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[ɡaˈleɣo]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1543  
c. 1175  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Galician  

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
gl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
glg  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
glg  

ISO 639 3
fin  
glg  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
finn1318  
gali1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-ab  

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 Galician Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Galician language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Galician language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175. 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 Galician Language History.

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

Finnish vs Galician Difficulty

The Finnish vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish Alphabets and Galician 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 Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn Galician time required is Not Available.

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