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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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