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Urdu vs Finnish


Finnish vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

Second Language
Pakistan  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
40  
29
13  
3

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Moi  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
haluta  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Anteeksi  

Bye
الوداع  
Heippa  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
India  
Finland  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
India  
Finland, Rauma  

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
5.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
Not Available  

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
اُردُو  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Suomi  

French Name
ourdou  
finnois  

German Name
Urdu  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
1543  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Indic  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
20  
18
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
fin  

ISO 639 3
urd  
fin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Urdu and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Finnish language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Finnish Language History.

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

Urdu vs Finnish Difficulty

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

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