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About Finnish
Finnish has 15 grammatical cases and is not related to most European languages.
Speakers
5+ million
Language Family
Uralic
Writing System
Latin alphabet
Difficulty
Hard
Spoken in
Why Learn Finnish?
Finland leads in education, technology, and quality of life metrics.
Common Finnish Words
Start your Finnish journey with these essential words and phrases.
Hei
Hello
hey
Kiitos
Thank you
KEE-tohs
Ole hyvä
Please
OH-leh HU-va
Kyllä
Yes
KUL-la
Ei
No
ay
Vesi
Water
VEH-see
Ruoka
Food
ROO-oh-kah
Ystävä
Friend
US-ta-va
Rakkaus
Love
RAHK-kah-oos
Näkemiin
Goodbye
NA-keh-meen
Talo
House
TAH-loh
Kirja
Book
KEER-yah
History of Finnish
Finnish is a Uralic language related to Estonian and distantly to Hungarian. Written Finnish developed in the 16th century through Mikael Agricola's Bible translation. Despite Swedish rule for centuries, Finnish survived and became an official language in 1863. Today Finland consistently tops global education rankings.
Is Finnish Hard to Learn?
Finnish has 15 grammatical cases and agglutinative word formation where suffixes stack. However, spelling is completely phonetic, and there are no articles or grammatical gender. It's different from other European languages but internally very consistent.
Similar Languages to Finnish
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