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A Finno-Ugric language spoken mainly in Finland but also by minorities in Sweden, Norway, Russia and North America.

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Resources in This Category

• Employment of Foreigners Hampered by Language Barriers and Attitudes

  http://www2.hs.fi/english/archive/thisweek/20112000.html
  by Vellamo Vehkakoski. Helsingin Sanomat article describing language acquisition as an obstacle for foreigners seeking jobs in Finland.

• Flash Finnish

  http://www.dewhurstdesigns.co.uk/finnish/
  A free mobile phone game designed to help you learn Finnish. It features basic vocabulary, colors and numbers.

• Frequently Asked Questions about Finno-Ugrian Languages

  http://www.helsinki.fi/~jolaakso/fufaq.html
  by Johanna Laakso. Is Finnish the most ancient language in the world? Where do Finnish words come from? A Finno-Ugric linguist answers these and other common questions.

• Learn Finnish

  http://learnfinnish.wordpress.com/
  A weblog which posts new Finnish words that the author learns.

• Lingsoft, Inc.

  http://www.lingsoft.fi/
  Finnish language technology company, offers proofreading and other software for Finnish and other Nordic languages.

• Phonetics of Finnish

  http://www.helsinki.fi/puhetieteet/projektit/Finnish_Phonetics/index_eng.htm
  Information on Finnish words and their phonetic structure, from the Department of Phonetics, University of Helsinki. Bilingual page (English and Finnish).

• Society for the Study of Finnish

  http://www.kotikielenseura.fi/
  A linguistic quarterly published by Kotikielen Seura (The Mother Tongue Society). Summaries in English.

• The Finnish Language

  http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/Finnish.html
  Short introduction to the Finnish language, with a well-organized page devoted to the use of cases in Finnish. Links to Finnish resources on the Internet. [By Jukka Korpela]

• The Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

  http://www.kotus.fi/
  Studies and provides advice on the usage of Finnish, Swedish, the Finno-Ugric languages, Finnish Sign Language, and Romany, the language of the Gypsies in Finland. [Finnish, English, Swedish and others]

• Verbix - Verb Conjugator

  http://www.verbix.com/languages/finnish.shtml
  On-line verb conjugation service for Finnish and 50+ other languages. Includes list of 10,000 most frequent Finnish words.

• Yahoo Groups : Finnish

  https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Finnish/info
  Discussion list for people studying Finnish language and culture in Finland or elsewhere.

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