Language Links

Finnish

Finnish Language Links

• The Finnish Language (Who's Afraid of Finnish?) - by Hannele Branch. Virtual Finland's extensive guide to the distinctive features of Finnish, attempting to answer the question, "Is Finnish a difficult language?"
• A Chance to Speak Finnish - On this page you can learn Finnish words and phrases by listening. Plus a song about the Finnish language in RealAudio.
• An Electronic Corpus of Ingrian Finnish - On-line corpus of spoken Ingrian Finnish. Includes transcriptions and sound samples.
• Employment of Foreigners Hampered by Language Barriers and Attitudes - by Vellamo Vehkakoski. Helsingin Sanomat article describing language acquisition as an obstacle for foreigners seeking jobs in Finland.
• Finnish Characterized - by Eugene Holman. General information about Finnish from the FAQ of soc.culture.nordic by a linguist specializing in Finnish and other Baltic-Finnic languages.
• Finnish Grammar / Finnische Grammatik / Suomen Kielioppi - Brief, well-organized (if rather incomplete) introduction to Finnish grammar. Trilingual site (English/German/Finnish).
• The Finnish Language - Short introduction to the Finnish language, with a well-organized page devoted to the use of cases in Finnish. Links to Finnish resources on the Internet. [By Jukka Korpela]
• The Finnish Language Site - Articles on the Finnish language and its history, learning resources, and a mailing list for beginners who wish to learn Finnish.
• Flash Finnish - A free mobile phone game designed to help you learn Finnish. It features basic vocabulary, colors and numbers.
• Frequently Asked Questions about Finno-Ugrian Languages - by Johanna Laakso. Is Finnish the most ancient language in the world? Where do Finnish words come from? A Finno-Ugric linguist answers these and other common questions.
• An Introduction to "Finglish" - A survey of "Finglish", the form of English spoken by Finnish immigrants to the USA and heavily contaminated by their native tongue (by Jenni Tuominen).
• Learn Finnish - A weblog which posts new Finnish words that the author learns.
• Lingsoft, Inc. - Finnish language technology company, offers proofreading and other software for Finnish and other Nordic languages.
• Phonetics of Finnish - Information on Finnish words and their phonetic structure, from the Department of Phonetics, University of Helsinki. Bilingual page (English and Finnish).
• The Research Institute for the Languages of Finland - Studies and provides advice on the usage of Finnish, Swedish, the Finno-Ugric languages, Finnish Sign Language, and Romany, the language of the gypsies in Finland. [Finnish, English, Swedish and others]
• Suomen-nimi - The Finnish Names Database - Database of Finnish or Suomi names.
• Verbix - Verb Conjugator - On-line verb conjugation service for Finnish and 50+ other languages. Includes list of 10,000 most frequent Finnish words.
• Virittäjä - A linguistic quarterly published by Kotikielen Seura (The Mother Tongue Society). Summaries in English.
• Yahoo Groups : Finnish - Discussion list for people studying Finnish language and culture in Finland or elsewhere.
• Yamada Language Center WWW Guide: Finnish Language - A guide to Internet resources on the study of the Finnish language.

Finnish Dictionary and Translation Links

• Mathematical dictionary - Finnish-English-Swedish mathematics word list.
• Online English to Finnish to English Dictionary - Java-powered online word search.
• Travlang's English-Finnish On-line Dictionary - 1800-term dictionary database from the freeware multilingual program Ergane.
• Travlang's Finnish-English On-line Dictionary - 1800-term dictionary database from the freeware multilingual program Ergane.

Do you know of a good Finnish link that should be on this page? If so, let me know about it! I will add any links that are relevant to learning Finnish. I am also open to link exchanges as long as the site pertains to the Finnish language.