Countries
European Union, Finland
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
24
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46
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National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Russia
Second Language
Estonia
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
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Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Hello
Moi
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Kiitos
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
hyvää yötä
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
haluta
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Anteeksi
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Heippa
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
извините(izvinite)