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Indonesian vs Finnish


Finnish vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Moi  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
mohon Untuk  
haluta  

Sorry
maaf  
Anteeksi  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Heippa  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Finland  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Finland, Rauma  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
60,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
21  
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
0.01 million  
99+

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Suomi  

French Name
indonésien  
finnois  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
7th Century  
1543  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
56  
99+
22  
20

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
fin  

ISO 639 3
ind  
fin  

ISO 639 6
ind  
fin  

Glottocode
indo1316  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Indonesian and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Finnish language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543. 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 Indonesian and Finnish Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Finnish Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Finnish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Finnish 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 Indonesian and Finnish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Finnish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Finnish time required is 44 weeks.

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