Finnish national language and Finnish as a Second Language
Finnish speaking countries include both countries with Finnish national language and Finnish as a second language. Check if Finnish language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.
- Finnish is national language of Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden.
Compare Finnish speaking countries with spanish speaking countries on Finnish vs Spanish.
Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.
- Finnish is second language of Estonia.
The Finnish countries mentioned under Finnish Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak Finnish language.
Finnish as minority language
Countries with Finnish as minority language are also included in Finnish speaking countries.
- Finnish is spoken as minority language in Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.
Along with Finnish speaking countries check out Finnish speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.
- Continent wise Finnish speaking countries mainly lie in Asia, Europe.
You can also explore more about all Oceania Languages which are spoken in Oceania Continent.
Finnish Regulator and Facts
Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate Finnish language are Finnish regulators. Finnish is regulated by Institute for the Languages of Finland. The regulatory bodies of Finnish lie in Finnish speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Finnish:
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
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The Finnish language is derived from Not Available and is closely related to Estonian and Livonian Languages.