Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
European Union, Finland
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Roman Empire
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- 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
Armenian
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Moi
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Kiitos
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Hyvää huomenta
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
haluta
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Anteeksi
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Greece
Finland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Finland, Rauma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Finland, Sweden
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Suomi
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
finnois
German Name
Neugriechisch
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Not Available
Finnic
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
standard Finnish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
finn1318
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Greek 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 Greek and Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Greek and Finnish Speaking population
Greek and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Finnish on Greek vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Finnish Language Codes
Greek and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
