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Japanese vs Finnish


Finnish vs 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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Japanese and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Finnish language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Finnish Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Finnish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Finnish language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Finnish word for "Thank You" is Kiitos. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Finnish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Finnish Difficulty

The Japanese vs Finnish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Finnish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Finnish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Finnish time required is 44 weeks.

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