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The Southwest Finnish dialects can be divided into two subgroups, Northern and Eastern groups, which in turn can be divided into even smaller groups. Heikki Ojansuu [ fi ] divided the Northern group into three: Rauma , Taivassalo and Masku groups, and the Eastern group into two: Halikko and Coastal groups.
However, the old Russian word also passed directly into the Finnish language and took the form turku. Today the word is only used in idioms, but already in the Middle Ages the word gradually came to mean the town name Turku. [22] [23] The Swedish name Åbo may be a simple combination of å ("river; creek; large stream") and bo ("dwelling").
According to the Finnish wikipedia article about Turku, the name comes from the ancient Russian word tǔrgǔ, which means "[city] square".--MoRsE 18:14, 9 November 2006 (UTC) Orginally the Russian word is the same as Finnish "tori", both derived from Norse "torg". --Drieakko 22:09, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Varissuo on a map of Turku. Varissuo (Finnish; Kråkkärret in Swedish) is a district and the largest suburb of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located seven kilometres to the east of the city centre, and is the easternmost major suburb of Turku, bordering on the neighbouring city of Kaarina.
Nevertheless, Turku retained its status as the largest Finnish city until the 1840s. Today, Turku is the primary city and population centre in Southwestern Finland. The city's population has been growing steadily as a result of the baby boom, migration from rural areas and, more recently, immigration. During the late 20th century and early 21st ...
Finnish Vanhakaupunki / Swedish Gammelstaden / English alternative: Old town; Finnish Vartiokylä / Swedish Botby; Finnish Viikki / Swedish Vik; Finnish Vuosaari / Swedish Nordsjö; Finnish Ullanlinna / Swedish Ulrikasborg; Finnish Vironniemi / Swedish Estnäs; Finnish Ylä-Malmi / Swedish Övre Malm
Colloquial or spoken Finnish (suomen puhekieli) is the unstandardized spoken variety of the Finnish language, in contrast with the standardized form of the language (yleiskieli). It is used primarily in personal communication and varies somewhat between the different dialects .
As of 2020, Southwest Finland had a population of 481,403, making it the third most populated Finnish region after Uusimaa and Pirkanmaa. 86.45% speak Finnish, 5.68% Swedish and 7.86% speak other languages, the most common being Russian, Estonian, Arabic, Kurdish and Albanian.