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[citation needed] Because the Finnish language itself reached a written form only in the 16th century, little primary data remains of early Finnish life. For example, the origins of such cultural icons as the sauna, and the kantele (an instrument of the zither family) have remained rather obscure. [citation needed]
The Finnish language has lent few loanwords to the English language; Finnish is rather a net importer of words from English. However the following words of Finnish origin are some examples: Widespread
The Finnic nations identified by language (west to east): Pinks: Sámi Blues: Baltic Finns Yellows and red: Volga Finns Browns: Perm Finns. The Finnic peoples, or simply Finns, are the nations who speak languages traditionally classified in the Finnic language family, and which are thought to have originated in the region of the Volga River.
The Finnish national awakening in the mid-19th century was the result of members of the Swedish-speaking upper classes deliberately choosing to promote Finnish culture and language as a means of nation building, i.e. to establish a feeling of unity among all people in Finland including (and not of least importance) between the ruling elite and ...
Finnish (endonym: suomi ⓘ or suomen kieli [ˈsuo̯meŋ ˈkie̯li]) is a Finnic language of the Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 December 2024. Group of peoples around the Baltic Sea This article is about the Finnic peoples living near the Baltic Sea. For other uses, see Finnic peoples. Ethnic group Baltic Finnic peoples Finnic languages at the beginning of the 20th century Total population c. 7.4–8.2 million Regions with ...
A significant catalyst was the right of return, based on President Koivisto's initiative that people of Ingrian ancestry would be allowed to immigrate to Finland. [ 7 ] About 30,000 people have citizenship of the Russian Federation (2015) [ 8 ] and Russian is the mother language of about 70,000 people in Finland, which represents about 1.3% of ...
During the Winter War of 1939–1940, the Finnish perseverance in the face of the invasion by the Soviet Union popularized this word in English for a generation. [16] [17] In what may have been the first use of sisu in the English language, on 8 January 1940, Time magazine reported: The Finns have something they call sisu. It is a compound of ...