Countries
European Union, Finland
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
21
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National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Philippines
Second Language
Estonia
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages 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.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
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