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Finnish vs Greek


Greek vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Estonia  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Armenian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
13  
3
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, 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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
Kiitos  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
haluta  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
Heippa  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
50,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
Not Available  

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
finnois  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Finnisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
1543  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Hellenic  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
Not Available  
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
gre  

ISO 639 3
fin  
ell  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
ells  

Glottocode
finn1318  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
No data available  
56-AAA-a  

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 Greek Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Greek language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Greek Language History.

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

Finnish vs Greek Difficulty

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

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