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Albanian and Finnish


Finnish and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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  • 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
Romanian  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
29  
19
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
Moi  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
Ju lutem  
haluta  

Sorry
Me fal  
Anteeksi  

Bye
mirupafshim  
Heippa  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Finland  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
Finland, Rauma  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
60,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
0.01 million  
99+

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Shqip  
Suomi  

French Name
albanais  
finnois  

German Name
Albanisch  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
1543  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
14  
13
22  
20

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
fin  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
fin  

ISO 639 6
sqi  
fin  

Glottocode
alba1267  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Albanian and Finnish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Albanian and Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Finnish Speaking population

Albanian and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Albanian and Finnish on Albanian vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Finnish Language Codes

Albanian and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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