Countries
European Union, Finland
Armenian Highland
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Armenian National 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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Greek
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Kiitos
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
hyvää yötä
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
haluta
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Anteeksi
կներեք (knerek’)
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Finland
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Rauma
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
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Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Suomi
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
finnois
arménien
German Name
Finnisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Armenians
Origin
1543
late 5th century
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
finn1318
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data available
57-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Finnish and Armenian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Finnish and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Finnish and Armenian language. Finnish word for "Hello" is Moi or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Finnish Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Finnish vs Armenian Difficulty
The Finnish vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish Alphabets and Armenian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Finnish and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.