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Vietnamese vs Finnish


Finnish vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
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
Xin chào   
Moi   

Thank You
Cam on   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
xin vui lòng   
haluta   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
Anteeksi   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
Heippa   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   
Finland   

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   
Finland, Rauma   

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
5.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
Not Available   

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Suomi   

French Name
vietnamien   
finnois   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
1543   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
standard Finnish   

Language Position
14   
13
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
fin   

ISO 639 3
vie   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Vietnamese and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Finnish language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 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 Vietnamese and Finnish Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Finnish Difficulty

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

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