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Tagalog vs Finnish


Finnish vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

Second Language
Filipinos   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

Interesting Facts
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
  • 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25   
7
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
18   
8
13   
3

Scripts
Baybayin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta   
Moi   

Thank You
Salamat po   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
Magandang gabi   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
pakiusap   
haluta   

Sorry
pinagsisisihan   
Anteeksi   

Bye
Paálam   
Heippa   

I Love You
Iniibig kita   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon   
Finland   

Dialect 2
Bisalog   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Finland, Rauma   

Dialect 3
Filipino   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million   
24
5.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
Tagalog   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino   
Suomi   

French Name
tagalog   
finnois   

German Name
Tagalog   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Tagalog people   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
1593   
1543   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Filipino   
standard Finnish   

Language Position
58   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
t1   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
tgl   
fin   

ISO 639 3
tg1   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
taga1269   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
31-CKA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Tagalog and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Finnish language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 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 Tagalog and Finnish Language History.

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

Tagalog vs Finnish Difficulty

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

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