Belonging to the Finno-Ugric language family, Finnish is one of the most unique and complex languages in Europe, spoken by around six million people.
Finnish
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Classification
Indo-European > Germanic
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Speakers
6 million
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Script
Roman
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Text direction
Left-to-right
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Official language
Finland
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Also spoken
Estonia, Sweden
Finnish
Finnish is mainly spoken in Finland, with notable populations of speakers of Finnish (or its dialects) in Sweden, Norway, Russia and Estonia. It is quite popular to learn Finnish as a second language in Estonia, as the two are similar (both are from the Uralic language group) but with distinct differences.
With its distinct vocabulary, grammar and the fact it contains no gendered words or pronouns, Finnish translation requires a deep understanding of its linguistic intricacies.
Some Finnish words still in use today date back 4,000 years!
At Geo Language Services, our translations aim to preserve the richness of the Finnish language while ensuring that your content resonates clearly and appropriately with Finnish-speaking audiences.
Services offered for this language
Translation / Transcreation / Subtitling / Localization / Adaptation / Copywriting / Authoring / Proofreading / Revision / Editing / Translation quality assurance / Terminology / Linguistic validation / Glossary creation / Dubbing / Voice-overs / Transcription / Typesetting / Simultaneous interpreting / Consecutive interpreting / Conference interpreting / Telephone interpreting / Public service interpreting / Interpreting equipment hire / Foreign language consulting
Interesting fact
The Finnish Names Act (Nimilaki) requires that the first name given to a baby must comply with a Finnish naming tradition. Some of the recent accepted names were Raparperi (rhubarb) for girls and Kielo (lily of valley) for boys, but Pääsky (swallow) was rejected for boys, because it didn’t sound like a boy’s name.
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