Countries
European Union, Finland
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Total No. Of Countries
25
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46
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National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
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Old Norse Language