Finnish language

E2735
Finnic language Uralic language minority language national language

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

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Finnish 0 12
Standard Finnish 0 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Finnic language →
Uralic language →
minority language →
national language →
belongsToBranch Finnic languages →
surface form: Northern Finnic languages
closelyRelatedTo Estonian language →
Finnic languages →
surface form: Karelian language
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 →
surface form: Latin language

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 →

Referenced by (36)

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

Google Translate → availableLanguage → Finnish language →
this entity surface form: Finnish
Estonian language → closelyRelatedTo → Finnish language →
Karelian language → closelyRelatedTo → Finnish language →
Kven → closelyRelatedTo → Finnish language →
Kven language → closelyRelatedTo → Finnish language →
Meänkieli → closelyRelatedTo → Finnish language →
Votic language → closelyRelatedTo → Finnish language →
Finnish Sign Language → distinctFrom → Finnish language →
Kven → distinctFrom → Finnish language →
Taipale → etymologyLanguage → Finnish language →
this entity surface form: Finnish
Mikael Agricola → fieldOfWork → Finnish language →
Meänkieli → hasGrammaticalSimilarityTo → Finnish language →
Armand → hasLanguageOfUse → Finnish language →
this entity surface form: Finnish
Liam → hasLanguageOfUse → Finnish language →
this entity surface form: Finnish
Nicholas → hasLanguageOfUse → Finnish language →
Katarina → hasLanguageUsage → Finnish language →
this entity surface form: Finnish
Finnic languages → hasMember → Finnish language →
this entity surface form: Standard Finnish
Finno-Ugric languages → hasMember → Finnish language →
Uralic languages → hasMember → Finnish language →
Kirkkonummi, Finland → hasOfficialLanguage → Finnish language →
subject surface form: Kirkkonummi
this entity surface form: Finnish
Meänkieli → hasPhonologicalSimilarityTo → Finnish language →
Middle Low German → influenced → Finnish language →
this entity surface form: Finnish
Finland Swedish → influencedBy → Finnish language →
this entity surface form: Finnish
this entity surface form: Finnish
Kven language → lexicallySimilarTo → Finnish language →
Finnish Air Force → mottoLanguage → Finnish language →
this entity surface form: Finnish
Helsinki → officialLanguage → Finnish language →
this entity surface form: Finnish
Finns → primaryLanguage → Finnish language →
Kven language → recognizedAsDistinctFrom → Finnish language →
Sami → relatedTo → Finnish language →
Finnic languages → sharesFeatureWith → Finnish language →
Eva → usedInLanguage → Finnish language →
this entity surface form: Finnish
Latin alphabet → writingSystemFor → Finnish language →