Japanese and Finnish
Countries
Japan
European Union, Finland
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Finland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
Kansai
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
kansai
Finland, Sweden
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Japonic Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Not Available
Finnic
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Japanese
standard Finnish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
finn1318
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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.
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.