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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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2 days ago · In 1861, historical linguist Max Müller published a list of speculative theories concerning the origins of spoken language: Bow-wow. The bow-wow or cuckoo theory, which Müller attributed to the German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder, saw early words as imitations of the cries of beasts and birds. Pooh-pooh.
2 days ago · Finland has a rich history that dates back to the early settlements of the region. The first evidence of human habitation in Finland dates back to around 8500 BC, with the arrival of the Stone Age settlers. These early inhabitants were hunter-gatherers who lived off the land and relied on natural resources for their survival. […]
2 days ago · When Finland became a Grand Duchy of Finland, an autonomous state under the rule of the Russian Empire, Helsinki was known as Gel'singfors (Гельсингфорс) in Russian, because the main and official language of Grand Duchy of Finland was Swedish.
5 days ago · Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements and chronologically coincides with the Viking Age, the Christianization of Scandinavia and the consolidation of Scandinavian kingdoms from about the 8th to the 15th centuries.
Finnish is a genderless language in the Uralic language family, and it is notably among the few European languages not classified in the Indo-European language family. Called suomi , the language is spoken by many national and ethnic Finns around the world, and it joined Swedish in becoming the national language of Finland around the year 1863.
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4 days ago · The Baltic states are bounded on the west and north by the Baltic Sea, which gives the region its name, on the east by Russia, on the southeast by Belarus, and on the southwest by Poland and an exclave of Russia.
