Languages of Finland

Languages of Finland
OfficialFinnish (1st: 86%, 2nd: 13%)
Swedish (1st: 5%, 2nd: 44%)
Minorityofficially recognized: Sami, Romani, Finnish Sign Language, Finland-Swedish Sign Language, Karelian
ImmigrantEstonian, Russian, Arabic, Somali, English, Kurdish, Albanian, Persian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Tagalog, Turkish, Spanish
ForeignEnglish (70%)
German (30%)
French (10%)[1]
SignedFinnish Sign Language, Finland-Swedish Sign Language
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Basic Finnish/Swedish

Finnish Multilingual
Source[1] (europa.eu)

The two main official languages of Finland are Finnish and Swedish. There are also several official minority languages: three variants of Sami, as well as Romani, Finnish Sign Language, Finland-Swedish Sign Language and Karelian.[2]

  1. ^ La langue française dans le monde 2014 (PDF) (in French). Nathan. 2014. pp. 13–19. ISBN 978-2-09-882654-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  2. ^ "De finlandssvenska teckenspråkiga – en osynlig minoritet". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-05-06.

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