Finnish and Slovak Speaking countries
Countries
European Union, Finland
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Czech Language
Derived From
Not Available
Czech-Slovak Language
Finnish and Slovak as Minority Language
In Finnish and Slovak speaking countries you will get the countries which have Finnish and Slovak as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.
- Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.
- Slovak as minority language: Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine.
If you want to compare Finnish and Slovak dialects, then you can go to Finnish vs Slovak Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Finnish and Slovak Regulators
Finnish and Slovak speaking countries provide you Finnish and Slovak regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute for the Languages of Finland regulates Finnish language.Slovak is regulated by Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic. Also get to learn, Finnish and Slovak Language History.
Finnish and Slovak Continents
Thinking about Finnish and Slovak continents in which Finnish and Slovak speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Finnish and Slovak. Most of the Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While Slovak speaking countries lie in Europe. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Finnish and Slovak languages:
Finnish 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.
Slovak Interesting Facts:
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
The Finnish language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages whereas Finnish language is similar to Czech Language and derived from Czech-Slovak Language.