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3 days ago · Finland, country in northern Europe. Finland is one of the world’s most northern and geographically remote countries and is subject to a severe climate. Nearly two-thirds of Finland is blanketed by thick woodlands. Finland forms a symbolic northern border between western and eastern Europe.
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Finland - Arctic, Nordic, Saami: Excavations undertaken in...
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Finland - WWII, Occupation, Resistance: After Poland’s...
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Finland - Justice, Law, Courts: The Finnish judiciary is...
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Finland - Culture, Nature, Sámi: Finland is one of the most...
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Finland - Lutheranism, Orthodoxy, Paganism: Christianity had...
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Finland - Economy, Trade, Technology: Finland’s economy is...
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Finland - Postwar Economy, Arctic Region, EU Member: After...
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Finland - Resources, Power, Economy: Trees are Finland’s...
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3 days ago · The Uralic languages with the most native speakers are Hungarian (which alone accounts for approximately 60% of speakers), Finnish, and Estonian. Other languages with speakers above 100,000 are Erzya, Moksha, Mari, Udmurt and Komi spoken in the European parts of the Russian Federation.
1 day ago · A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
3 days ago · The Latin language is an Indo-European language in the Italic group and is ancestral to the modern Romance languages. During the Middle Ages and until comparatively recent times, Latin was the language most widely used in the West for scholarly and literary purposes.
- A “dead” language is one no longer learned as a first language or used in ordinary communication. Classical Latin, the language of Cicero and Virgi...
- Latin was the lingua franca of scientific work in the West during the Middle Ages, so Western scientists used Latin for naming species of organisms...
2 days ago · Swedish is the sole official national language of Sweden, and one of two in Finland (alongside Finnish). As of 2006, it was the sole native language of 83% of Swedish residents. [27] In 2007, around 5.5% (c. 290,000) of the population of Finland were native speakers of Swedish, [28] partially due to a decline following the Russian annexation of ...
4 days ago · Home. Geographic FAQ. Why Finland has two languages? By Janette Winn / Last Updated on: May 26, 2024. Why Finland has two languages? Finland has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish. This is mainly due to its historical ties with Sweden, as it was part of the Kingdom of Sweden for over 600 years until 1809.
1 day ago · The English language is an Indo-European language in the West Germanic language group. Modern English is widely considered to be the lingua franca of the world and is the standard language in a wide variety of fields, including computer coding, international business, and higher education.
