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Finnish vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

Second Language
Estonia   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Czech Republic   

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.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

How Many Consonants
13   
3
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Xin chào   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Cam on   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
haluta   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
Heippa   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Northern Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   

Dialect 2
Rauma   
North-central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
finnois   
vietnamien   

German Name
Finnisch   
Vietnamesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
1543   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
Not Available   
14   
13

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
vie   

ISO 639 3
fin   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
No data available   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Finnish and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Vietnamese language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. 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 Vietnamese Language History.

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

Finnish vs Vietnamese Difficulty

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

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