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Greek vs Finnish


Finnish vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
24  
6
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
17  
7
13  
3

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Heippa  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Finland  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Griko  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Finland, Rauma  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
38
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
21  
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.01 million  
39

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  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1543  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
74  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
fin  

ISO 639 3
ell  
fin  

ISO 639 6
ells  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gree1276  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Greek and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Finnish language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Finnish Language History.

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

Greek vs Finnish Difficulty

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

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