Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
European Union, Finland
National Language
Germany
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
gute Nacht
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
guten Abend
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Hyvää huomenta
Sorry
Verzeihung
Anteeksi
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Finland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Rauma
Where They Speak
Germany
Finland, Rauma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Texas
Finland, Sweden
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Suomi
French Name
allemand
finnois
German Name
Deutsch
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Germans
ethnic Finns
Origin
6th Century AD
1543
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
standard Finnish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed German
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
finn1318
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All German and Finnish Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Finnish dialects. Various dialects of German and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Finnish Speaking population
German and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of German and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Finnish on German vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Finnish Language Codes
German and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.