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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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