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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 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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Nowadays it is thought that speakers of a Finno-Ugric language have been living in the area of present-day Finland since at least 3000 BC. During the following millennia contacts proliferated between the speakers of the Finno-Ugric language and speakers of neighbouring Indo-European languages (e.g. Baltic, Germanic and Slavic dialects).
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Despite these strong Nordic ties, Finland also has very close ties to the Baltics in general and Estonia in particular, both historically and linguistically speaking. The two countries share a lot of common history, and Finnish and Estonian are part of the same language group (the Finnic or Balto-Finniclanguages), which is very distant from the res...
Moving into the iron age, the Finns now seem to concentrate their trade with the Baltics but with very few cultural and technological changes during this time. During the great migrations of 400 – 550 CE, there is still lots of trade in the Baltic sea. So despite other European regions experiencing movements and conflicts around this time, the cult...
There is evidence of both peaceful trade and not-so-peaceful conflict between Finns and the neighboring Vikings during this time, and Finland is thought to have been a regular stop for Vikings on their way east, with significant evidence of trade with the Viking trade center of Birka (situated near modern-day Stockholm) found in archeological sites...
Are Finns Considered Germanic?
Most Finns are considered Baltic Finnic as opposed to Germanic, there is a group of almost 300 000 Swedish Finns on the western coast of Finland that would be considered Germanic. Furthermore, along with the Saami, Russians, Mordovians, Chuvash, Estonians, and Hungarians, most Finns are part of the larger Uralic language and ethnic group. The Uralic people see a lot more of an east Asia gene makeup than the Germanic people, suggesting that the region they cover saw a larger amount of east Asi...
Is Finnish a Race?
There is no Finnish race, but some anthropologists in the 19th and 20th century used to refer to a Nordic sub-race to the Caucasian race, of which the Finns were part of. As studies in modern genetics progress, the concept of race is becoming obsolete, and has since been disproven.
Are Finns Indo-European?
The Finnish language is not considered Indo-European but Finns share Yamnaya (ancestors to Proto-Indo-Europeans) genetics with the rest of Northern Europe, so one could argue that they technically are among the most Indo-European of all the Europeans. Finns have traditionally not been considered Indo-European as the Finnish language is part of the Uralic language group (instead of the Indo-European). At the same time, Finns have among the most Yamnaya (seen as ancestors to Indo-Europeans) gen...
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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.
Feb 13, 2024 · (Last Updated On: February 13, 2024) The Finnish Language and Its History: Finnish and Swedish Linguistic Study. Finnish, a Uralic language distinct from the Indo-European language family, is primarily spoken by Finnish speakers in Finland and parts of Sweden, where it holds the status of an official minority language.
Spoken in: Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Russia and Norway. First written: c. 1450. Writing system: Latin script. Status: Official language in Finland. Recognised as a minority language in Sweden, Norway and Russia. Status of Finnish. Until 1809 Finland was a part of Sweden, and Swedish was the official language.
