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Galician vs Finnish


Finnish vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
19   
9
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
Moi   

Thank You
Grazas   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
Boas noites   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
Bos días   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
Por favor   
haluta   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
Anteeksi   

Bye
Adeus   
Heippa   

I Love You
Ámote   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Finland   

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Finland, Rauma   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
Galego   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Suomi   

French Name
galicien   
finnois   

German Name
Galicisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
1543   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Galician   
standard Finnish   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
fin   

ISO 639 3
glg   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Galician and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Finnish language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543. 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 Galician and Finnish Language History.

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

Galician vs Finnish Difficulty

The Galician vs Finnish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Finnish 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 Galician and Finnish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Finnish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Finnish time required is 44 weeks.

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