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
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
Not Available
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
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
I love you
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
American English
Where They Speak
Finland
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Rauma
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
United Kingdom
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
English
Alternative Names
Suomi
Not Available
French Name
finnois
anglais
German Name
Finnisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
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Origin
1543
5th Century AD
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
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Branch
Finnic
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Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
finn1318
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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.