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French and Finnish


Finnish and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
2   
13

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

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Estonia   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Italian Language   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
20   
10
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
Moi   

Thank You
Merci   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
haluta   

Sorry
désolé   
Anteeksi   

Bye
au revoir   
Heippa   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Finland   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Finland, Rauma   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
5.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
Not Available   

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
français   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Français   
Suomi   

French Name
français   
finnois   

German Name
Französisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1543   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
standard Finnish   

Language Position
13   
12
Not Available   

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
fin   

ISO 639 3
fra   
fin   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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French and Finnish Speaking population

French and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of French and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available. 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 French and Finnish on French vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Finnish Language Codes

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

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