Countries
European Union, Finland
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Estonia
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Moi
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Kiitos
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
hyvää yötä
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
haluta
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Anteeksi
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Finland
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Suomi
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
finnois
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Finnisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Hellenic
Branch
Finnic
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
finn1318
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Finnish and Greek 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 Greek dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Greek Speaking population
Finnish and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Finnish vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Greek Language Codes
Finnish and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.