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» 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.