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English vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
33  
2

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Estonia  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
-  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

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
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Hello  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
How are you?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Good Morning  

Please
haluta  
Please  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Sorry  

Bye
Heippa  
Bye  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
American English  

Where They Speak
Finland  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
United Kingdom  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
99+
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
English  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
English  

French Name
finnois  
anglais  

German Name
Finnisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
English people  

History

Origin
1543  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
-  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Standard English  

Language Position
22  
20
3  
3

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
eng  

ISO 639 3
fin  
eng  

ISO 639 6
fin  
engs  

Glottocode
finn1318  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Finnish and English Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and English language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Finnish and English Language History.

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Finnish and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Finnish and English language. Finnish word for "Hello" is Moi or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Finnish Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Finnish vs English Difficulty

The Finnish vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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