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| Baltic-Finnic |  Estonian · Finnish ·  Ingrian ·  Karelian ·  Livonian ·  Veps ·  Votic ·  Võro
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| Mordvinic |  Erzya · Moksha
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| Permic |  Komi ·  Udmurt
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| Ugric |  Hungarian ·  Khanty ·  Mansi
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An Introduction to the Language
Finnish is the second largest Finno-Ugric language, and the largest Finnic language on earth. Finnish, like all of its brothers and sisters, is an agglutinating language. This means that sentences are formed by adding sometimes multiple affixes to roots to express meaning. The Finnish language is notable for its modification of nouns, adjectives, and verbs, depending on their roles in the sentence. With Finland's independance in the last couple hundreds of years, Finnish has become a prominent global language, one much sought after by linguaphiles.
Family
Uralic
- Finno-Ugric
- Finno-Permic
- Finno-Volgaic
- Finno-Lappic
- Baltic-Finnic
- Finnish
- Baltic-Finnic
- Finno-Lappic
- Finno-Volgaic
- Finno-Permic
Spoken in
Finland, and the surrounding areas. Finnish is an official language of Finland, Sweden, and the Russian Republic of Karelia, as well as the European Union and United Nations. Large amounts of Finnish speakers are found in Estonia, Karelia, and Sweden, most notably Torne Valley.
