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The Romani language in Finland is called Finnish Kalo. It has been spoken in Finland for roughly 450 years. It has been significantly influenced by other languages in Finland, such as Finnish. Of the around 13,000 Finnish Romani, only 30% speak and understand the language well. The number of speakers diminished drastically after WW2.
Today, Finnish is one of two official languages of Finland (the other being Swedish), and has been an official language of the European Union since 1995. However, the Finnish language did not have an official status in the country during the period of Swedish rule, which ended in 1809.
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] ... Finland: 13 25 38 0.53 5,818,940 153,130 5,170
Official language in: the Philippines; Finnish – Suomi Official language in: Finland and the Russian autonomous republic of Karelia; recognised as a minority language in Sweden; Fon – Fon gbè, FÉ”ngbè Spoken by: the Beninois/Nigerian Fon people; French – Français Official language in: 38 countries, 14 dependant entities, and 119 ...
Finnish Romani is spoken by some 5,000–6,000 people; there are 13,000-14,000 Romani people in Finland [233] Romani and Finnish Sign Language are also recognized in the constitution. There are two sign languages: Finnish Sign Language, spoken natively by 4,000–5,000 people, [234] and Finland-Swedish Sign Language, spoken natively by about ...
Some countries have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. Countries are listed alphabetically by their most common name in English. Each English name is followed by its most common equivalents in other languages, listed in English alphabetical order (ignoring accents) by name and by language.
The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states. The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN) Vatican City (administered by the Holy See, a UN observer state), which is generally recognized as a ...
Many countries, such as Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Finland, India, Ireland, South Africa and Switzerland, which are officially multilingual, may have many monolinguals in their population. Officially monolingual countries, on the other hand, such as France , can have sizable multilingual populations.