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Say your first words in Sámi
The national flag shared by Sámi people across northern Europe features the bright colours of traditional Sámi costumes, with red and blue halos signifying the sun and the moon.
Life & societyLanguage

Say your first words in Sámi

Twist your tongue with ten useful expressions in the language spoken by northern Finland’s indigenous Sámi people.

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Sámi languages making gains in Finland
Sámi National Day, Finland, Helsinki, Northern Sámi-language daycare Máttabiegga Giellabeassi (South Wind Language Nest), Yle Sápmi, news, children’s programmes, Finnish Lapland, Inari, Skolt
Life & societySociety

Sámi languages making gains in Finland

In honour of Sámi National Day (Feb 6), we visit Helsinki’s only Sámi daycare and also look at how Sámi TV is expanding.

Tagged in LanguageMinoritiesSociety
Aalto’s foreign lecturers learn Finnish
Aalto University, Helsink, Finland, foreign professors and researchers, Finnish language and customs, adjustment, acclimatisation
Life & societyLanguage

Aalto’s foreign lecturers learn Finnish

Foreign professors at Helsinki’s Aalto University attend courses in Finnish language and culture. It’s useful – and fun.

Tagged in LanguageTeachingUniversities
Schools help keep Finland bilingual
Swedish language in Finland, official bilingualism, Sököviken School, Espoo, Helsinki
Life & societyEducation

Schools help keep Finland bilingual

Did you know Finland is bilingual, and kids can go to school in Swedish or Finnish? We visit a Swedish-language school.

Tagged in EducationLanguage
No night tonight: Finnish Midsummer days last forever
Life & societySociety

No night tonight: Finnish Midsummer days last forever

Midsummer in Finland always makes a splash, whether it’s the spray from swimmers diving into a lake or the splatter of raindrops on the treetops. This video catches both, as well as the long days that never quite turn into night.

Tagged in FinnishnessFunLanguageSocietyVideo
The unbearable beauty of Finnish grammar
A woman sitting with a coffee cup in hand, staring thoughtfully into the distance.
Life & societyLanguage

The unbearable beauty of Finnish grammar

What doesn’t hurt you makes you stronger – here are three books to help you make Finnish word endings your best friends.

Tagged in LanguageLiterature
Finnish National Theatre transcends the language barrier
Finnish National Theatre, surtitles, Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl, Orpheus, Sofi Oksanen, Tero Saarinen, WHS circus, Helsinki, Finland
Life & societyPerforming arts

Finnish National Theatre transcends the language barrier

Words from above: Surtitles open the National Theatre’s performances to non-Finnish speakers.

Tagged in ArtLanguagePerforming arts
Your honeymoon with the Finnish language
Life & societyLanguage

Your honeymoon with the Finnish language

Want to have fun unlocking the mysteries of the Finnish language and the Finnish brain? See these three dictionaries.

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