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An Electronic Corpus of Ingrian Finnish
On-line corpus of spoken Ingrian Finnish. Includes transcriptions and sound samples.
http://helmer.hit.uib.no/Ingrisk/ingrian.h...
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.
http://www.lysator.liu.se/nordic/scn/finla...
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.
http://www.helsinki.fi/~jolaakso/fufaq.htm...
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]
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/Finnish.htm...
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.
http://members.tripod.com/suomenkieli/
Yahoo Groups : Finnish
Discussion list for people studying Finnish language and culture in Finland or elsewhere.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Finnish/
Verbix - Verb Conjugator
On-line verb conjugation service for Finnish and 50+ other languages. Includes list of 10,000 most frequent Finnish words.
http://www.verbix.com/languages/finnish.sh...
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.
http://www2.hs.fi/english/archive/thisweek...
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.
http://virtual.finland.fi/speak/speak.html
Sounds of the World's Animals
A list of how Finnish represents the sounds animals make.
http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/an...
Suomen-nimi - The Finnish Names Database
Database of Finnish or Suomi names.
http://membres.lycos.fr/callens/fin/
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).
http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/P1/finglish.htm...
Phonetics of Finnish
Information on Finnish words and their phonetic structure, from the Department of Phonetics, University of Helsinki. Bilingual page (English and Finnish).
http://www.helsinki.fi/hum/hyfl/Finnish_Ph...
Lingsoft, Inc.
A linguistic software company. Information on their products with technical documents and a FAQ.
http://www.lingsoft.fi/
Finnish Grammar / Finnische Grammatik / Suomen Kielioppi
Brief, well-organized (if rather incomplete) introduction to Finnish grammar. Trilingual site (English/German/Finnish).
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~pamakine/kieli/suomi...
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.
http://www.kotus.fi/inenglish/
Virittäjä
A linguistic quarterly published by Kotikielen Seura (The Mother Tongue Society). Summaries in English.
http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/kks/english/
Yamada Language Center WWW Guide: Finnish Language
A guide to Internet resources on the study of the Finnish language.
http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides/fin...
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