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Finnish vs Marathi


Marathi vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

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

Second Language
Estonia   
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Israel, Mauritius   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   

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.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Konkani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
16   
13

How Many Consonants
13   
3
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   

Thank You
Kiitos   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   

Please
haluta   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   

Bye
Heippa   
बाय (Bāya)   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Maharashtrian Konkani   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Kokan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,400,000.00   
23

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Varhadi   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Vidarbha   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.10 %   
18

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
68.00 million   
16

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
3.00 million   
32

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
मराठी (marāṭhī)   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   

French Name
finnois   
marathe   

German Name
Finnisch   
Marathi   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Marathi people   

History

Origin
1543   
10th century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Finnic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
Maharashtri Prakrit   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Marathi   

Language Position
Not Available   
17   
15

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
mr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
mar   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
mar   

ISO 639 3
fin   
mar   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
mara1378   

Linguasphere
No data available   
omr   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Finnish and Marathi Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Marathi language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th 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 Marathi Language History.

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

Finnish vs Marathi Difficulty

The Finnish vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.

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