Language
Finnish is a Uralic language that belongs to the Finno-Ugric group. It is closely related to Estonian and Karelian. The most widely spoken of the Finno-Ugric languages is Hungarian, but similarities with Finnish are few. With 6% of the population speaking Swedish, Finland is officially a bilingual country. Finlandssvenska, or 'Finland's Swedish', is very similar to the language spoken in Sweden, but local dialects have many Finnish words. Finland also has small Sami and Russian speaking minorities.
Here are some samples of Finnish:
Hello = Moi
How are you? = Mitä kuuluu?
Good morning = Hyvää huomenta
What is your name? = Mikä sinun nimesi on?
My name is............... = Minun nimeni on.............
Goodbye = Näkemiin
Thank you very much = Kiitos paljon
Excuse me = Anteeksi
Yes = Kyllä
No = Ei
Here are some samples of Swedish:
Good morning = God morgon
Hello = Hej
My name is... = Jag heter...
Excuse me = Ursäkta
Yes = Ja
No = Nej
Here are some samples of Sami:
1 = okta
2 = guokte
3 = golbma
4 = njeallje
5 = vihtta
6 = guhtta
7 = čieža
8 = gávcci
9 = ovcci
0 = logi