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      • People first came to Finland 10,000 years ago. That was just after an ice age, after a glacier that covered the ground had receded. Some think the first people in Finland already spoke a language similar to the Finnish language that is spoken today. It is known that an early form of the Finnish language was spoken in Finland in the Iron Age.
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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Languages_of_FinlandLanguages of Finland - Wikipedia

    A more recent estimate is that there are around 5,000 first language speakers in Finland, but the size of the language community is 30,000. [11] Karelian was recognized in a regulation by the then president Tarja Halonen in November 2009, in accordance with the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Finnish_languageFinnish language - Wikipedia

    Today, Finnish is one of two official languages of Finland (the other being Swedish), and has been an official language of the European Union since 1995. However, the Finnish language did not have an official status in the country during the period of Swedish rule, which ended in 1809.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_FinlandHistory of Finland - Wikipedia

    It was for a long time widely [dubious – discuss] believed that Finno-Ugric (the western branch of the Uralic) languages were first spoken in Finland and the adjacent areas during the Comb Ceramic period, around 4000 BC at the latest.

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  7. www.britannica.com › topic › Finnish-languageFinnish language | Classification, History, Phonology, & Facts

    5 days ago · Finnish language, member of the Finno-Ugric group of the Uralic language family, spoken in Finland. Finnish did not achieve official status until 1863, and it, as well as Swedish, were designated the national languages of Finland in 1919. Learn more about the history and phonology of Finnish.

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  8. www.britannica.com › topic › history-of-FinlandHistory of Finland | Flag, World War II, Maps, Sweden, & Russia

    The first people arrived in Finland about 9,000 years ago. They probably represented several groups and tribes, including the ancestors of the present Sami. Lured by the plenitude of game, particularly fur-bearing animals and fish, they followed the melting ice northward.

  9. www.worldatlas.com › articles › what-languages-areWhat Languages Are Spoken In Finland? - WorldAtlas

    Aug 1, 2017 · With approximately 4,868,751 speakers which translate to 88.88% of Finland's population, the Finnish language is widely spoken by the majority in the country. The Finnish language dates back about 500 hundred years and is closely related to Estonian and a little less closely related to the Sami languages.

  10. www.getblend.com › blog › finnish-language-historyThe History of the Finnish Language - Brief Overview | BLEND

    Feb 11, 2020 · The earliest written form of Finnish dates to 1450, which is surprisingly late in the game for a major language. And it wasn’t until a hundred years later that a coherent standard written form of the language was developed, combining elements of written Latin, Swedish, and German.