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Due to the history of Finland and its neighbours, and the relatively small number of Finns, the term Finnish can cause confusion: This is the history of Finland. ...

It can indicate nationality of the Finns, usually acquired by birth in Finland
It can indicate ethnicity, see Finnic, Ethnic Finn and Sweden-Finns
It can also indicate citizenship of the Finns; or a similar belonging to the state of Finland
It can indicate the mother tongue of a speaker, see Finnish language and Sweden-Finns (often in contrast to Finns speaking Swedish as their mother tongue, see Finland-Swedish and Finland's language strife)
It can indicate the Finnish language itself, and often the closely related varieties spoken in Finland's neighbourhood, see Finno-Ugric languages: Veps, Izhorian, Ingrian, Karelian, Meänkieli

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Categories: Disambiguation Nationality is, in English usage, a legal relationship existing between a person and a state. ... Finns may refer to the Finnish people the Sami people (particularly in translations from Norwegian and in historical context) the Fenni described by Tacitus in his Germania and sometimes as a shortform including all Baltic Finnics This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bordered by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. ... This article or section should be merged with ethnic group Ethnicity is the cultural characteristics that connect a particular group or groups of people to each other. ... Finnic (Fennic, sometimes Baltic Finnic) may refer to Finnish-similar languages spoken close to the Gulf of Finland, i. ... The ethnic Finns are the dominant ethnic group in Finland, and the largest ethnic minority in Sweden, the Sweden-Finns. ... Sweden Finns (ruotsinsuomalaiset in Finnish, sverigefinnarna in Swedish) are a Finnish speaking minority in Sweden. ... Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now a state), and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ... Finns may refer to the Finnish people the Sami people (particularly in translations from Norwegian and in historical context) the Fenni described by Tacitus in his Germania and sometimes as a shortform including all Baltic Finnics This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... This article discusses states as sovereign political entities. ... First language (native language, mother tongue, or vernacular) is the language a person learns first. ... Finnish is spoken by the majority (92%) in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. ... Sweden Finns (ruotsinsuomalaiset in Finnish, sverigefinnarna in Swedish) are a Finnish speaking minority in Sweden. ... Swedish (svenska listen?) is a Scandinavian language language spoken predominantly in Sweden, Finland and Åland by over 8 million native speakers. ... Finland-Swedish is a variety of Swedish. ... The language strife was one of the major conflicts of Finlands national history and domestic politics. ... Finnish is spoken by the majority (92%) in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. ... A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ... Geographical distribution of Finno-Ugric (Finno-Permic in blue, Ugric in green). ... Veps language, spoken by Vepses, belongs to the Baltic-Finnic group of the Finno-Ugric languages. ... The Izhorians (Inkeroine, Ižoralaine) can still be found in the western part of Ingria, between the Narva and Neva rivers. ... The Ingrian Finns (inkeriläinen or inkerin suomalainen) is a Lutheran Finnic people traditionally inhabiting the Saint Petersburg area and Northern Estonia (Ingria). ... The Karelian language is a variety closely related to Finnish. ... Meänkieli, or Torne Valley Finnish, is a dialect of Finnish that since the split of the Swedish realm in 1809 has developed in partial isolation from standard Finnish. ...

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	The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta Swedish: Republiken Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bounded by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west.
	Finnish law is codified and its court system consists of local courts, regional appellate courts, and the Supreme Court.
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Finnish language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (5323 words)
	Finnish is a member of the Finno-Ugric language family and is classified as an agglutinative language.
	Finnish is spoken by about 6 million people, mainly in Finland; there are small Finnish-speaking minorities in Sweden, Norway, Russia and Estonia; in addition, a few hundred thousand emigrated Finns live in Sweden, and also in North America there remain communities of Finnish-speaking emigrants, notably in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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