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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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