Will immigration lead to increased linguistic diversity in Finland?

Mar 13, 2018 ... Finland has two official languages; Finnish and Swedish. Both languages are widely spoken throughout the country. English is spoken in Finland, ... But since in Finland there are two official languages, we can distinguish between Finnish-speaking Finns and Swedish-speaking Finns. Another language that is ... Over 80 percent of the first-generation immigrant students in Finland do not speak the language of instruction at home (OECD, 2015). The aim of this survey is ... The Finnish and Sámi languages ​​belong to the Finno-Ugric language family. Sámi is spoken in the north of the Nordic Region, in Norway, Sweden and Finland. This coexistence of two languages in Finland goes back to the country's history, which included periods of Swedish domination before their independence. The ... Feb 2, 2015 ... Before Russian conquest Swedish speaking population of Finland was close to 20% of totall population. Finnish was dominant among peasants ... The purpose of this study is to investigate the prosodic properties of Finland Swedish (hereafter referred to as FS) from spoken L2 assessment perspective. The ... Data on Israeli emigration by languages spoken is scarce. As of December 2023, Finland had 990 Israeli citizens, with 569 holding dual citizenship. 536 Finnish ... Finnish is spoken by over five million people in Finland and is one of only a handful of non-Indo-European languages spoken in Europe. May 3, 2022 ... Around 5% of Finns speak Swedish as their native tongue, and roughly 90% speak Finnish. As other commenters have written, you can get by ...