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Finnish and Belarusian


Belarusian and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Belarus, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Belarus, Gambia  

Second Language
Estonia  
Poland  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Russian and Ukrainian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
13  
3
39  
28

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
dobry dzień  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Dziakuj  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Jak vy ?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Dabranač  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Dobry viečar  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
dobry dzień  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Dobraj ranicy  

Please
haluta  
Kali laska  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Vybačajcie  

Bye
Heippa  
da pabačennia  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
JA liubliu ciabie  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Vybačajcie  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
North-Eastern Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Finland  
North-East Belarus  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma  
South-Western Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
South-West Belarus  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Middle Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Middle Belarus  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
99+
5.89 million  
99+

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  

French Name
finnois  
biélorusse  

German Name
Finnisch  
Weißrussisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Belarusians  

History

Origin
1543  
18th century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Slavic  

Branch
Finnic  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Belarusian  

Language Position
22  
20
79  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Belarusian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
be  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
bel  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
bel  

ISO 639 3
fin  
bel  

ISO 639 6
fin  
bel  

Glottocode
finn1318  
bela1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Finnish and Belarusian Speaking population

Finnish and Belarusian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Belarusian languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Belarusian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 %. 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 Finnish and Belarusian on Finnish vs Belarusian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Belarusian Language Codes

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

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