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ISO 639-3 · finfin
Uralic family
Finnish
suomi
Finnish is a language of the Finnic branch (Uralic), spoken in Finland, Estonia, Sweden and Norway and 1 more country. Wikidata counts 5.4 m first-language speakers (2012). Wikidata describes it as “Finno-Ugric language mostly spoken in Finland”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
fin- ISO 639-1
fi- Glottocode
finn1318- Family
- Uralic
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 62.00, 26.00
- Wikipedia
- 225 language editions
5.4 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
5countries
2scripts
6levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Finnish · suomi |
|---|---|
| Also called | Suomi, Nuclear Finnish, Nuclear Finnish languages, Finnish language |
| L1 speakers | 5,413,380 (2012) |
| Written in | Latin script, Scandinavian Braille |
| Official in | Finland |
| Grammatical cases | 16 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Uralic to Finnish
The branches above Finnish, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Finland
romRomaniIndo-European · 46 mDefinitely endangeredsweSwedishEast Scandinavian · 12.4 m1 · NationalrmlBaltic RomaniIndo-European · 50,0005 · DevelopingkrlKarelianUralic · 35,6006b · ThreatenedsmeNorthern SamiUralic · 25,7002 · ProvincialfseFinnish Sign Languageunclassified · 15,0005 · DevelopingrmfFinnish KaloIndo-European · 10,0005 · DevelopingludLudicUralic · 3,0007 · ShiftingsmsSkolt SamiUralic · 4207 · ShiftingsmnInari SamiUralic · 3002 · Provincial