Finnish language

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Finnish is a Uralic language primarily spoken in Finland, known for its complex grammar, extensive case system, and agglutinative structure.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Finnish language canonical 42
Finnish 29
Standard Finnish 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Finnic language
Uralic language
minority language
national language
belongsToBranch Northern Finnic languages
linked to: Finnic languages
closelyRelatedTo Estonian language
Karelian language
linked to: Finnic languages
firstCompleteBibleTranslationBy Mikael Agricola
hasApproximateNumberOfCases 15
hasColloquialVariety Colloquial Finnish
hasEarliestTextsFromCentury 16th century
hasFeature consonant gradation
long and short consonants distinguished
long and short vowels distinguished
no articles
no grammatical gender
postpositions
rich case system
vowel harmony
hasGlottocode finn1318
hasHistoricalWritingInfluenceFrom Latin language
linked to: Latin

Swedish language
hasISO639-1Code fi
hasISO639-2Code fin
hasISO639-3Code fin
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
agglutinative language
hasMajorDialectGroup Eastern Finnish dialects
Häme dialects
Northern Finnish dialects
Savo dialects
Southwestern Finnish dialects
Western Finnish dialects
hasNativeName suomen kieli
suomi
hasStandardizationPeriod 19th century
hasStandardVariety Standard Finnish
hasWritingSystem Latin script
isMediumOfInstructionIn Finnish schools
isOfficialLanguageOf European Union
Finland
isRecognizedMinorityLanguageIn Norway
Russia
Sweden
isUsedIn Finnish government
Finnish media
languageFamily Uralic languages
languageSubfamily Finnic languages
moreDistantlyRelatedTo Hungarian language
regulatedBy Institute for the Languages of Finland
spokenIn Estonia
Finland
Norway
Russia
Sweden
standardBasedOnDialect southwestern dialects of Finnish
usedAsSecondLanguageBy many residents of Finland
writingDirection left-to-right

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (72)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin alphabet writingSystemFor Finnish language
Finnish Air Force mottoLanguage Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Liam hasLanguageOfUse Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Google Translate availableLanguage Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Finnic languages hasMember Standard Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Finnic languages sharesFeatureWith Finnish language
Estonian language closelyRelatedTo Finnish language
Institute for the Languages of Finland languageRegulated Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Sami relatedTo Finnish language
Helsinki officialLanguage Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Mikael Agricola fieldOfWork Finnish language
Uralic languages hasMember Finnish language
Nicholas hasLanguageOfUse Finnish language
Finns primaryLanguage Finnish language
Finland Swedish influencedBy Finnish language
Armand hasLanguageOfUse Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Katarina hasLanguageUsage Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Taipale etymologyLanguage Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Kven language closelyRelatedTo Finnish language
Kven language lexicallySimilarTo Finnish language
Kven language recognizedAsDistinctFrom Finnish language
Finnish Sign Language distinctFrom Finnish language
Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland languageOfWorkOrName Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Karelian language closelyRelatedTo Finnish language
Votic language closelyRelatedTo Finnish language
Middle Low German influenced Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Kven closelyRelatedTo Finnish language
Kven distinctFrom Finnish language
Meänkieli closelyRelatedTo Finnish language
Meänkieli hasPhonologicalSimilarityTo Finnish language
Meänkieli hasGrammaticalSimilarityTo Finnish language
Kirkkonummi hasOfficialLanguage Finnish
subject linked to: Kirkkonummi, Finland
linked to: Finnish language
Finno-Ugric languages hasMember Finnish language
Eva usedInLanguage Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Kansalaissota languageOfTerm Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Taipalsaari hasOfficialLanguage Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Lemi hasOfficialLanguage Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Ruokolahti hasOfficialLanguage Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Skolt Sami language influencedBy Finnish language
Veps language hasLoanwordsFrom Finnish language
Proto-Uralic language ancestorOf Finnish language
Taivalkoski hasOfficialLanguage Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Hailuoto officialLanguage Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Savonians language Finnish language
Finnish Canadians language Finnish
linked to: Finnish language
Armas languageOfOrigin Finnish language
Finnish folklore language Finnish language