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Finnish and Catalan


Catalan and Finnish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

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

Second Language
Estonia  
Spain  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

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

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

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
13  
3
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Hola  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Gràcies  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Com estàs?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Bona nit  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Bona nit  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Bona tarda  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Bon dia  

Please
haluta  
Sisplau  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Perdó!  

Bye
Heippa  
Adéu  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
T'estimo  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Dispensi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Caló  

Where They Speak
Finland  
France, Portugal, Spain  

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

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Valencian  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Spain  

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

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Ribagorçan  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Spain  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
4.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
99+
5.10 million  
99+

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
català  

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

French Name
finnois  
catalan; valencien  

German Name
Finnisch  
Katalanisch  

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

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Catalan people  

History

Origin
1543  
c. 1028  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Romance  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Old Catalan  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  

Language Position
22  
20
32  
30

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Signed Catalan  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
ca  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
cat  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
cat  

ISO 639 3
fin  
cat  

ISO 639 6
fin  
cat  

Glottocode
finn1318  
stan1289  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-e  

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

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Finnish and Catalan Speaking population

Finnish and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 %. 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 Catalan on Finnish vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Catalan Language Codes

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

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