Information about Languages Of Finland
| Languages of Finland | |
| Official languages | Finnish 92%, Swedish 6% |
| Minority languages | Sami, Romani, Finnish Sign Language |
| Main immigrant language | Russian |
| Main foreign languages | English 63%, Swedish 41%1, German 18%, French 3%Source: [1] |
| notes | 1Swedish is spoken by about 6% of the population as native language and by 41% as a second language. |
The two official languages of Finland are Finnish and Swedish. The official minority languages include Sami languages, Romani and sign language.
Finnish
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Finnish, the national language of the Finnish people, is the native tongue of 94% of the population. It is a Baltic-Finnic language and as such related to e.g. Estonian. The Baltic-Finnic languages belong to the Uralic languages so Finnish is distantly related to languages as diverse as e.g. Hungarian (an Ugric language) and the Sami languages.
Swedish
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Swedish is the native tongue of 5.5% of the population (92.4% in the Åland autonomous province), down from 14% at the beginning of the 20th century. It is a North Germanic language, closely related to Norwegian and Danish; as such it is also an Indo-European language, distantly related to languages as diverse as Hindi, German and Russian. Its importance in Finland is greater than this percentage suggests, however, for historical reasons and because a large fraction of Finns are competent in it.
Sami languages
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The Sami languages are a group of related languages spoken across the region known in English as Lapland. They are distantly related to Finnish and have a combined speaker population of roughly 5,200 in Finland[2].
See also
Languages of Europe | |
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| Sovereign states | Albania Andorra Armenia1 Austria Azerbaijan2 Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus1 Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia2 Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan2 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Republic of Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia3 San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey3 Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City |
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1 Entirely in West Asia; included here because of cultural, political and historical association with Europe.
2 Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the definition of the border between Europe and Asia.
3 Partially in Asia.
4 Entirely in the African Plate, included here because of cultural, political and historical association with Europe.
5 Only recognised by Turkey.
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Finnish ( suomi , or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (91.
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Swedish
Official status
Official language of: European Union
European Union (in Noarootsi along with Estonian) [1]
Finland
Sweden (de facto)
Nordic Council
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Official status
Official language of: European Union
European Union (in Noarootsi along with Estonian) [1]
Finland
Sweden (de facto)
Nordic Council
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Sami or Saami is a general name for a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Sami people in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden and extreme northwestern Russia, in Northern Europe. Sami is frequently (and erroneously) believed to be a single language.
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Romani or Romany (native name: rromani ćhib) is the language of the Roma and Sinti. The Indo-Aryan Romani language should not be confused with either Romanian (spoken by Romanians), or Romansh (spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland), both of which
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Finnish Sign Language is the sign language most commonly used in Finland. There are 5000 (estimate) Finnish Deaf who have Finnish Sign Language as a mother tongue.
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Russian
Writing system: Cyrillic (Russian variant)
Official status
Official language of: Abkhazia (Georgia)
Belarus
Commonwealth of Independent States (working)
Crimea (de facto; Ukraine)
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Writing system: Cyrillic (Russian variant)
Official status
Official language of: Abkhazia (Georgia)
Belarus
Commonwealth of Independent States (working)
Crimea (de facto; Ukraine)
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English
Writing system: Latin (English variant)
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng
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Writing system: Latin (English variant)
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng
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Swedish
Official status
Official language of: European Union
European Union (in Noarootsi along with Estonian) [1]
Finland
Sweden (de facto)
Nordic Council
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Official status
Official language of: European Union
European Union (in Noarootsi along with Estonian) [1]
Finland
Sweden (de facto)
Nordic Council
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German language (Deutsch, ] ) is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages.
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French (français, pronounced [fʁɑ̃ˈsɛ]) is a Romance language originally spoken in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, and today by about 300 million people around the world as either
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Finnish ( suomi , or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (91.
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Swedish
Official status
Official language of: European Union
European Union (in Noarootsi along with Estonian) [1]
Finland
Sweden (de facto)
Nordic Council
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Official status
Official language of: European Union
European Union (in Noarootsi along with Estonian) [1]
Finland
Sweden (de facto)
Nordic Council
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A minority language is a language spoken by a minority of the population of a country. Such people are termed "linguistic minorities".
In Europe and in some other parts of the world, like in Canada, minority languages are often defined by legislation or constitutional
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In Europe and in some other parts of the world, like in Canada, minority languages are often defined by legislation or constitutional
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Sami or Saami is a general name for a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Sami people in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden and extreme northwestern Russia, in Northern Europe. Sami is frequently (and erroneously) believed to be a single language.
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Romani or Romany (native name: rromani ćhib) is the language of the Roma and Sinti. The Indo-Aryan Romani language should not be confused with either Romanian (spoken by Romanians), or Romansh (spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland), both of which
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sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual communication, body language and lip patterns instead of sound to convey meaning—simultaneously combining hand shapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to
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Finnish ( suomi , or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (91.
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Finns and Finnish people (Finnish: suomalaiset, Swedish: finländare) are used in English to mean "a native or inhabitant of Finland", they are also used to refer to the ethnic group historically associated with Finland or Fennoscandia, and
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Baltic-Finnic languages, also known as Finnic languages, are a subgroup of the Finno-Ugric languages, and are spoken around the Baltic Sea by about 7 million people.
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Estonian
Official status
Official language of: Estonia
European Union
Regulated by: Institute of the Estonian Language / Eesti Keele Instituut (semi-official)
Language codes
ISO 639-1: et
ISO 639-2: est
ISO 639-3:
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Official status
Official language of: Estonia
European Union
Regulated by: Institute of the Estonian Language / Eesti Keele Instituut (semi-official)
Language codes
ISO 639-1: et
ISO 639-2: est
ISO 639-3:
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Uralic languages (pronounced: /jʊˈɹælɪk/) constitute a language family of about 30 languages spoken by approximately 20 million people.
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Hungarian (magyar nyelv listen ) is a Finno-Ugric language (more specifically an Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe.
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Ugric can refer to:
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- Ugric peoples
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Sami or Saami is a general name for a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Sami people in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden and extreme northwestern Russia, in Northern Europe. Sami is frequently (and erroneously) believed to be a single language.
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Swedish
Official status
Official language of: European Union
European Union (in Noarootsi along with Estonian) [1]
Finland
Sweden (de facto)
Nordic Council
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Official status
Official language of: European Union
European Union (in Noarootsi along with Estonian) [1]
Finland
Sweden (de facto)
Nordic Council
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Motto
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Anthem
Ålänningens sång
Capital
(and largest city) Mariehamn
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Anthem
Ålänningens sång
Capital
(and largest city) Mariehamn
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North Germanic languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages, a sub-family of the Indo-European languages, along with the West Germanic languages and the East Germanic languages.
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Norwegian
Official status
Official language of: Norway
Nordic Council
Regulated by: Norwegian Language Council
Language codes
ISO 639-1: no — Norwegian
nb — Bokml
nn — Nynorsk
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Official status
Official language of: Norway
Nordic Council
Regulated by: Norwegian Language Council
Language codes
ISO 639-1: no — Norwegian
nb — Bokml
nn — Nynorsk
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Danish
Official status
Official language of: Denmark
Greenland
Faroe Islands
European Union
Nordic Council
Regulated by: Dansk Sprognævn ("Danish Language Committee")
Language codes
ISO 639-1: da
ISO 639-2:
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Official status
Official language of: Denmark
Greenland
Faroe Islands
European Union
Nordic Council
Regulated by: Dansk Sprognævn ("Danish Language Committee")
Language codes
ISO 639-1: da
ISO 639-2:
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Indo-European languages comprise a family of several hundred related languages and dialects [1], including most of the major languages of Europe, the northern Indian subcontinent (South Asia), the Iranian plateau (Southwest Asia), and much of Central Asia.
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