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Finnish vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Commission on the Filipino Language   

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.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
13   
3
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Ilokano Braille, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Kablaaw   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Agyamanak   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Kumusta?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Naimbag a rabii   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Naimbag a sardam   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Naimbag a malem   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Naimbag a bigat   

Please
haluta   
Not available   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Agpakawanak   

Bye
Heippa   
Pakada   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Ayayatenka   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Maawan-dayawen   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Balangao   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Bontoc   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
41,000.00   
39

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Not present   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.14 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
9.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
ilokano   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Ilokano, Iloko   

French Name
finnois   
ilocano   

German Name
Finnisch   
Ilokano-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Ilocano people   

History

Origin
1543   
18th Century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Modern Ilocano   

Language Position
Not Available   
94   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
ilo   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
ilo   

ISO 639 3
fin   
ilo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
ilok1237   

Linguasphere
No data available   
31-CBA-a   

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 Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Ilocano language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Ilocano Language History.

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

Finnish vs Ilocano Difficulty

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

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