Finnish

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Finn·ish / ˈfinish/ • adj. of or relating to the Finns or their language.• n. the Finno-Ugric language of the Finns, spoken in Finland and in parts of Russia and Sweden.

Finnish

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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 in Finland, and by nearly a million people in Sweden, Russia and the USA. Swedish is the other official language of Finland, spoken by c.300,000 inhabitants.