The way people speak languages varies from one country to the next. This is why when a person from a foreign country is speaking your mother tongue, you can immediately tell that they are not from your homeland. The way people pronounce words of a language becomes a part of their identity. When everyone in a country or area starts pronouncing words, in the same way, they develop an accent. An accent is unique to a country or area. A person can learn the accent of a foreign country, but it will require a lot of time. There are also accents, like the Finland accent, that is very difficult to learn.
The Finnish Language
Finnish is a Uralic language that is primarily spoken in Finland and Sweden. There are nearly six million native speakers of Finnish, the majority of which live in Finland. Finnish is an official language in both Finland and Sweden. More than 90% of Finland’s population speaks Finnish as their first language. A small percentage of Finnish speakers also live in Russia. Finnish has a subject-verb-object word order. The Finnish alphabet has been derived from the Latin script. Finnish dialects have been divided into two groups: Western and Eastern.
Throughout its history, Finnish has borrowed many loanwords from other tongues. The members of the Indo-European family have been the most helpful in building Finnish vocabulary. In recent years, Finnish has borrowed plenty of loanwords from English. Due to the popularity of English all over the world, many loanwords have become a part of the everyday vernacular of Finnish speakers. The English loanwords enter Finland through music, TV, and business dealings. English has also borrowed a few Finnish loanwords. If English speakers are learning Finnish, they will recognize these loanwords immediately.