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Finnish vs Persian


Persian vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Estonia   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
13   
3
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
سلام   

Thank You
Kiitos   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
صبح به خیر   

Please
haluta   
لطفا   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
متاسف   

Bye
Heippa   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
finnois   
persan   

German Name
Finnisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Persian people   

History

Origin
1543   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Finnic   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Persian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
per   

ISO 639 3
fin   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Finnish and Persian Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Persian language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian Language History.

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

Finnish vs Persian Difficulty

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

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