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Finnish language

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Finnish language also called Suomi, member of the Finnic group of the Finno-Ugric languages . These languages form a subdivision of the Uralic subfamily of the Ural-Altaic family of languages (see Uralic and Altaic languages ). Finnish is spoken by about 5 million people in Finland. Additional speakers totaling close to 1 million live in neighboring areas of Sweden and Russia and also in the United States. There are several dialects. In Finnish the first syllable of a word is stressed. The language has 15 cases for nouns, personal pronouns, and adjectives. It lacks grammatical gender and... Read more
Finnish language
...he is regarded as the founder of the Finnish literary language. Finnish was accorded official status in 1809, when Finland entered...loanwords from Germanic , Baltic , Slavic , and Sami. Finnish language Finnish language Finnish language Read more
Finnish
Finnish One of the two official languages of Finland and a member of the Finno-Ugric group of languages. It is spoken by over 4.5 million people...the USA. Swedish is the other official language of Finland, spoken by c. 300,000 inhabitants... Read more

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Finnish sermon honors language
; ...reverend will give a sermon in Finnish at the Trinity Lutheran Church...who speak the Scandinavian language to hear it, and moreover...the years, the number of Finnish speakers in the region has dwindled. "Finnish language is dying in the area," Leino said. "The Finnish community has ... Read more
Finnish parliament approves renewal of 1922 language law.(Brief Article)
; ...6 February 2003-Finnish parliament approves renewal of 1922 language law(C)1994-2003...www.m2.com The Finnish parliament has accepted...revised renewal of the language law of 1922. The...countries. Some 300,000 Finnish citizens speak Swedish as their first language, while the ... Read more
Finnish majority want Swedish to remain compulsory subject.(Swedish language taught in Finnish schools)(Brief Article)
; ...should remain an obligatory language in Finnish schools. According to a...that the second official language should be compulsory from...Suomen Gallup for STT-FNB, a Finnish news service, and the results...the matriculation exam for Finnish-speaking Finns. The poll also showed that 78% want ... Read more
Finnish politician claims Swedish could be better off as minority language.(Per Stenback)(Brief Article)
; ...REPORT-12 December 2003-Finnish politician claims...off as minority language(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...com In a book, the Finnish politician Per Stenback...position of the Swedish language in the country and...instead of the current language rights the individual has, according to ... Read more
Finnish government approves contents of new language law.(Brief Article)
; ...REPORT-28 June 2002-Finnish government approves contents of new language law (C)1994-2002...www.m2.com The Finnish government has approved...contents of a new language law that is intended...to use their own language in their everyday...reported Aktuellt, a Finnish news programme... Read more
Finnish minister proposes higher press support for Swedish-language newspapers.(Brief Article)
; ...REPORT-5 July 2002-Finnish minister proposes...support for Swedish-language newspapers (C)1994-20...www.m2.com The Finnish minister of transport...suggested that Swedish-language newspapers in Finland...for the Swedish-language newspapers would...told Aamulehti, a Finnish newspaper. ... Read more
Finnish fighter pilots adopt English as command language - report.(Brief Article)
; ...BUSINESS REPORT-8 April 2004-Finnish fighter pilots adopt English as command language - report(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Finnish Air Force fighter pilots are...Finnish, as the tactical command language is now English. The Finnish Air Force has also moved ... Read more
New Finnish-language newspaper launched in Sweden.(Brief Article)
; ...REPORT-1 September 2003-New Finnish-language newspaper launched in Sweden...nearly 20 years, there is a Finnish-language newspaper in Sweden. Ruotsin...conditions are more favourable for Finnish media in Sweden now than in... Read more
STARTTO FINNISH Love of languages leads translator to Scandinavian tongue
; ...graduated, a new language beckoned Finnish. "It was so different...lot like any other language," Timbers says. Finnish uses the English...says. "They (the Finnish) care so much about the sound of the language that they change... Read more
New Finnish citizens may be required to have satisfactory language ability.(immigration legislation)(Brief Article)
; ...REPORT-12 September 2002-New Finnish citizens may be required to have satisfactory language ability (C)1994-2002 M2...www.m2.com A renewal of Finnish legislation could demand...suggests that the required language knowledge would be tested... Read more

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