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Finnish

[fin] 1 (National). Statutory national language (2000, Constitution, Article 17(1,2)). 4,700,000 in Finland (1993). 30,000 speakers of Tornedalen Finnish. Population total all countries: 4,994,490.

Swedish

[swe] 1 (National). Statutory national working language (2000, Constitution, Article 17(1,2)). Statutory provincial language in Åland Islands (1920, Autonomy Act, Article 36). 296,000 in Finland (1997).

2 (Provincial)

Saami, Inari

[smn] 2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial language in Sodankyla in Lapland, 3 municipalities elsewhere (2003, Sami Language Act No. 1086). 300 (2001 census). 4,700 all Saami in Finland (1995). Ethnic population: 700 (1995 M. Krauss).

4 (Educational)

Finnish, Tornedalen

[fit] 4 (Educational). 30,000 in Finland (1997 B. Winsa).

5 (Dispersed)

Estonian, Standard

[ekk] 5 (Dispersed). 6,000 in Finland (1993).

5 (Developing)

Finnish Sign Language

[fse] 5 (Developing). 5,000 (Van Cleve 1986). Ethnic population: 8,000.

Romani, Kalo Finnish

[rmf] 5 (Developing). 10,000 in Finland (2001 census). Population total all countries: 11,650.

6b (Threatened)

Saami, North

[sme] 6b (Threatened). Statutory provincial language in Sodankyla in Lapland, 3 municipalities elsewhere (2003, Sami Language Act No. 1086). 1,700 in Finland (2001 census). Ethnic population: 3,500 (1995 M. Krauss).

7 (Shifting)

Saami, Skolt

[sms] 7 (Shifting). Statutory language of provincial identity in Sodankyla in Lapland, 3 municipalities elsewhere (2003, Sami Language Act No. 1086). 300 in Finland (Salminen 2007). Population total all countries: 650. Ethnic population: 500 in Finland (1995 M. Krauss).

8a (Moribund)

Finland-Swedish Sign Language

[fss] 8a (Moribund). 150 (2001).

Karelian

[krl] 8a (Moribund). 10,000 in Finland (1994).

Livvi

[olo] 8a (Moribund). 5,170 in Finland (2000). Ethnic population: 140,000.

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