Finnish Language
Suomi
Linguistic Classification Finnish is part of the Finnic subgroup of the Uralic language family, making it distinct from the Indo-European languages spoken in neighboring countries.
Number of Speakers Approximately 84.9% of Finland's population speaks Finnish as their native language.
Official Status Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland, alongside Swedish.
Unique Alphabet The Finnish alphabet consists of 29 letters, including the distinct characters 'ä' and 'ö'.