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Finnish and Slovene


Slovene and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
European Union, Slovenia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Austria, Hungary, Italy  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Serbo-Croatian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
13  
3
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Halo  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Kako se imate?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Lahko noč  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Dober večer  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Dober dan  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Dobro jutro  

Please
haluta  
Prosim  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Oprostite  

Bye
Heippa  
Nasvidenje  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Ljubim te  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Prekmurje Slovene  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Hungary, Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Italy  

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

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
48  
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
Slovenščina  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Slovenian, Slovenscina  

French Name
finnois  
slovène  

German Name
Finnisch  
Slowenisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Slovenes  

History

Origin
1543  
972-1093  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
-  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Slovene  

Language Position
22  
20
28  
26

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Slovene Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
sl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
slv  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
slv  

ISO 639 3
fin  
slv  

ISO 639 6
fin  
slv  

Glottocode
finn1318  
slov1268  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-f  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Finnish and Slovene Speaking population

Finnish and Slovene speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Slovene languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Slovene Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovene language is 0.03 %. 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 Slovene on Finnish vs Slovene where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Slovene Language Codes

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

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