Countries
European Union, Finland
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
22
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National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Nigeria
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Yoruba Academy
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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
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