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Marathi vs Finnish


Finnish vs Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

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

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

Interesting Facts
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Konkani Language  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
8  
5

How Many Consonants
36  
26
13  
3

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  
Moi  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
haluta  

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  
Anteeksi  

Bye
बाय (Bāya)  
Heippa  

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Kokan  
Finland  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
23
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Varhadi  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Vidarbha  
Finland, Rauma  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
12
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Khandeshi  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Khandesh  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
15
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
5.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
18
Not Available  

Native Speakers
68.00 million  
16
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
32
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  
Suomi  

French Name
marathe  
finnois  

German Name
Marathi  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Marathi people  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
10th century  
1543  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Indic  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Marathi  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
17  
15
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mr  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
mar  
fin  

ISO 639 3
mar  
fin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mara1378  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
omr  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Marathi and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Marathi vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Marathi and Finnish language. History of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century 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 Marathi and Finnish Language History.

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

Marathi vs Finnish Difficulty

The Marathi vs Finnish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi 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 Marathi and Finnish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Finnish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Finnish time required is 44 weeks.

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