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Finnish and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Palau  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
14  
4
13  
3

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Moi  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
haluta  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Anteeksi  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Heippa  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Finland  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Finland, Rauma  

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
5.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
Not Available  

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
日本語  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Suomi  

French Name
japonais  
finnois  

German Name
Japanisch  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
1185  
1543  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
8  
8
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
fin  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
fin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Japanese 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 Japanese and Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Finnish Speaking population

Japanese and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Finnish on Japanese vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Finnish Language Codes

Japanese and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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