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Finnish and Galician


Galician and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Galicia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  

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.
  
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Portuguese Language  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
13  
3
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
28 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Ola  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Grazas  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Que tal estás?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Boas noites  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Boa tarde  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Boa tarde  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Bos días  

Please
haluta  
Por favor  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Síntoo!  

Bye
Heippa  
Adeus  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Ámote  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Perdoe!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Eastern Galician  

Where They Speak
Finland  
East Galicia  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Central Galician  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Central Galicia  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Western Galician  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
West Galicia  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
2.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
Galego  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Galego, Gallego  

French Name
finnois  
galicien  

German Name
Finnisch  
Galicisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[ɡaˈleɣo]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Galician people  

History

Origin
1543  
c. 1175  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
-  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Galician  

Language Position
22  
20
46  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Galician Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
gl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
glg  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
glg  

ISO 639 3
fin  
glg  

ISO 639 6
fin  
glg  

Glottocode
finn1318  
gali1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-ab  

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

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Finnish and Galician Speaking population

Finnish and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 %. 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 Galician on Finnish vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Galician Language Codes

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

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