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Finnish

suomi
fi 5M speakers

Finnish (suomi) is a Uralic language with approximately 5M speakers speakers. It is written using the Latin script. Its BCP 47 language code is fi.

Finnish (suomi) is a Uralic language and one of two official languages of Finland (alongside Swedish). Despite Finland's geographical location in Northern Europe, Finnish is not related to the surrounding Scandinavian or Slavic languages.

Finnish is known for its extensive use of cases (15 grammatical cases), vowel harmony, and the absence of grammatical gender. Finnish words can become very long through agglutination. Finnish is closely related to Estonian and more distantly to Hungarian.

Writing Systems Used for Finnish

Latin
Primary
Hello World
LTR Latn

Frequently Asked Questions

What alphabet or script does Finnish use?
Finnish is written using the Latin script (ISO 15924 code: Latn). Latin is written left-to-right.
What direction is Finnish written?
Finnish is written Left-to-right. Text runs from left to right, the same direction as most European languages.
How many people speak Finnish?
Finnish has approximately 5M speakers speakers worldwide. It is a member of the Uralic language family.
What language family does Finnish belong to?
Finnish belongs to the Uralic language family. It is written with the Latin script.
What is the language code for Finnish?
The BCP 47 language code for Finnish is "fi". This code is used in software, web standards (the HTML lang attribute), and internationalization contexts.

Language Facts

BCP 47 Code
fi
ISO 639-3
fin
Status
living
Speakers
5M speakers
Language Family
Uralic
Scripts
1
Primary Script
Latin

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Data sourced from Unicode CLDR and ISO 639-3. Last updated April 20, 2026.