Finnish language
Finno-Ugric language mostly spoken in Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Finnish (Finnish: suomen kieli) is a Uralic language. It is one of the two official languages of Finland. It is also an official minority language in Sweden. Finnish is one of the four national languages of Europe that is not an Indo-European language. The other two are Estonian and Hungarian, which are also Uralic languages, and Basque.
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Finnish | |
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suomen kieli | |
Pronunciation | [ˈsuo̯mi] |
Native to | Finland, Estonia, Ingria, Karelia, Norway, Sweden |
Native speakers | c. To5 million (2011)[1] |
Uralic
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Latin (Finnish alphabet) Finnish Braille | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Finland European Union recognised as minority language in: Sweden[2] |
Regulated by | Language Planning Department of the Institute for the Languages of Finland |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | fi |
ISO 639-2 | fin |
ISO 639-3 | fin |
Official language.
Spoken by a minority. | |
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