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Finnish vs Turkish


Turkish vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
11   
5

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

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
13   
3
21   
11

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Kiitos   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
günaydın   

Please
haluta   
lütfen   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Heippa   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
finnois   
turc   

German Name
Finnisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Turkish   

History

Origin
1543   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Turkic   

Branch
Finnic   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
Not Available   
19   
17

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
tur   

ISO 639 3
fin   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
No data available   
44-AAB-a   

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 Turkish Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Turkish language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Finnish vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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