finTechnical information about ISO 639 language code fin
The table below provides technical details for the Finnish language, designated by the fin code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Finnish Native Suomi |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | SouthwesternTavastian (Häme)South OstrobothnianCentral OstrobothnianNorth OstrobothnianFar-NorthernSavonianSoutheastern |
| Related languages | EstonianKarelianIngrianLivonianVepsVotic |
| Key facts | Member of the Uralic family’s Finnic branch, not Indo-EuropeanFeatures vowel harmony and contrastive vowel lengthAgglutinative with around 15 grammatical cases, allowing very long wordsLacks grammatical gender and definite/indefinite articlesStandard orthography shaped in the 19th century partly through Elias Lönnrot’s work compiling the Kalevala |
| Sample phrase | Hei, mitä kuuluu? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Finnish language, identified by the code fin, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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