Home to 5 dialects represented on Dialect Atlas, spanning 5 language families.
also: Kaale, Finnish Kaale, Fíntiko Rómma
A Northern Romani variety spoken by the Finnish Kale in Finland and, through twentieth-century migration, in Sweden. It shows heavy structural and phonological influence from Finnish, including consonant gradation, and is one of the most distinctive Northern Romani dialects. Intergenerational transmission has weakened markedly.
also: Finlandssvenska
The Swedish of Finland's Swedish-speaking minority, co-official with Finnish. More conservative than Standard Swedish in pronunciation, retaining several older features.
also: Suomi
A Finnic Uralic language and an official language of Finland and the EU. Famous for its agglutinative grammar and vowel harmony, with a rich oral tradition recorded in the Kalevala.
also: Davvisámegiella
The largest Sami language, spoken by the indigenous Sami people across northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The most documented and standardised of the Sami languages.
also: Karjala
A Finnic Uralic language spoken across the Republic of Karelia in Russia and adjacent parts of eastern Finland. Closely related to Finnish but distinct enough to be classified as a separate language.