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le: The Fascinating World of Finnish Language Finnish language, spoken by about 5 million people, is the official language of Finland. It is also spoken in some parts of Sweden and Norway. Finnish is a member of the Uralic language family, which includes languages such as Estonian, Hungarian, and Sami. One of the most interesting facts about Finnish is that it has a complex system of inflection, with fifteen cases! This means that depending on how the word is being used in a sentence, it may undergo a different form, for example, the word "house" in Finnish can have different forms based on its case, like "talo", "talossa", "taloon", "talossa", "talosta", and so on. Another fascinating aspect of Finnish is its unique alphabet. The Finnish alphabet consists of 29 letters, which include two additional letters, ä and ö. These letters don't exist in most of the other languages in the world. The letters å and ł, are also used in some loanwords. The Å is pronounced as a long A and ł as the English W. Finnish also has double vowels, such as "aa", "ee", "ii", "oo" and "uu", which are pronounced in a long and drawn way. These combinations of vowels are used extensively in the Finnish language, and they can create sound that are not found in other languages. There is no grammatical gender in Finnish, which means that there are no masculine, feminine, or neuter nouns. Therefore, there are no gendered pronouns either. Instead, they use the same word for "he" and "she", which is "hän". The Finnish language also has an interesting way of forming words, called "agglutination". It means that a word can be made by combining many smaller words, making some Finnish words quite long. For example, "lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas" means "an air force academy officer candidate who is studying to be an aircraft jet engine mechanic". Another interesting feature of Finnish is the existence of two forms of verbs, which depend on whether the action is completed or not. For example, "syödä" is used for "to eat", while "syödäkseen" is used for "to have eaten". Finnish also has many borrowed words from other languages. There are many Swedish loanwords in Finnish, which include "kiitos" (thank you) and "kahvi" (coffee). There are also some Russian loanwords, such as "sputnik" (satellite) and "borscht" (beet soup). In conclusion, Finnish language is a fascinating and unique language, with a complex system of inflection, an unusual alphabet, and interesting grammatical features like agglutination and dual forms of verbs. It's a language that is worth exploring further!