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Catalan and Finnish


Finnish and Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Spain  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
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
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
Moi  

Thank You
Gràcies  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
Bona nit  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
Sisplau  
haluta  

Sorry
Perdó!  
Anteeksi  

Bye
Adéu  
Heippa  

I Love You
T'estimo  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Finland  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Finland, Rauma  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
60,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
21  
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
99+
0.01 million  
99+

Native Name
català  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Suomi  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
finnois  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
1543  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
32  
30
22  
20

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
fin  

ISO 639 3
cat  
fin  

ISO 639 6
cat  
fin  

Glottocode
stan1289  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Catalan 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 Catalan and Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Catalan and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Catalan are spoken in different Catalan Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Catalan vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Catalan dialects include: Caló, Valencian. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Catalan and Finnish Speaking population

Catalan and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 % 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 Catalan and Finnish on Catalan vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Finnish Language Codes

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

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