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Finnish vs Marathi


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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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