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Finnish vs Italian


Italian vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Estonia  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
13  
3
16  
6

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  
ciao  

Thank You
Kiitos  
grazie  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
buongiorno  

Please
haluta  
Per Favore  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
scusate  

Bye
Heippa  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
14.00 million  
20

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Italiano  

French Name
finnois  
italien  

German Name
Finnisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Italians  

History

Origin
1543  
960 BC  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Romance  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Italian  

Language Position
Not Available  
27  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
ita  

ISO 639 3
fin  
ita  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
itas  

Glottocode
finn1318  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-q  

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 Italian Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Italian language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian Language History.

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

Finnish vs Italian Difficulty

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

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