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Turkish and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
11  
5

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

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
13  
3
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Kiitos  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
günaydın  

Please
haluta  
lütfen  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Heippa  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
finnois  
turc  

German Name
Finnisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Turkish  

History

Origin
1543  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Turkic  

Branch
Finnic  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
22  
20
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
tur  

ISO 639 3
fin  
tur  

ISO 639 6
fin  
tur  

Glottocode
finn1318  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
No data available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Finnish and Turkish Speaking population

Finnish and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Finnish vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Turkish Language Codes

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

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