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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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