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American Finnish, Fingliska or Fingelska is a form of the Finnish language spoken in North America. It has been heavily influenced by the English language. American Finnish was used actively until the 1950s and after that it has been declining, and Finnish Americans have been switching to English. Even some basic phrases like tätsrait 'that's right' were borrowed from English. The form of speech was studied by Pertti Virtaranta in 1960, and the first American Finnish dictionary was made in 1992. It has influence from English both in syntax and vocabulary. In 2013 Finnish was spoken by 26,000 people in their homes. In the town of Oulu, Wisconsin, there are documented third-generation speakers of American Finnish, and in Stanton Township, Michigan, there are children who speak the language.

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  • American Finnish, Fingliska or Fingelska is a form of the Finnish language spoken in North America. It has been heavily influenced by the English language. American Finnish was used actively until the 1950s and after that it has been declining, and Finnish Americans have been switching to English. Even some basic phrases like tätsrait 'that's right' were borrowed from English. The form of speech was studied by Pertti Virtaranta in 1960, and the first American Finnish dictionary was made in 1992. It has influence from English both in syntax and vocabulary. In 2013 Finnish was spoken by 26,000 people in their homes. In the town of Oulu, Wisconsin, there are documented third-generation speakers of American Finnish, and in Stanton Township, Michigan, there are children who speak the language. American Finnish also retained loanwords from Swedish, which Modern Finnish lost. Those in the second and third generations who speak American Finnish are usually bilingual and tend to use English most often. There have been some negative attitudes to "impurities" in American Finnish, however American Finns usually consider it a language of their own and dislike linguistic purism. Finnish Americans sometimes have problems understanding modern Finnish of Finland. There is not much areal variation in American Finnish; however, first, second and third generation speakers have more variation in their speech, especially as the amount of English influence differs in generations. (en)
  • Amerika finna lingvo aŭ fingelsko estas la formo de la finna lingvo parolata en Kanado kaj Usono. Amerika finna havas multajn vortojn el la angla lingvo, kaj ĝi havas iujn vortojn el la sveda lingvo, kiujn finna lingvo ne plu uzas. En Usono, ĉirkaŭ 26 000 homoj uzas ĝin en siaj domoj, kaj en Kanado ĉirkaŭ 15 295 homoj parolas ĝin. En la urboj Oulu kaj Stantono ĝi havas iujn parolantojn. En la urboj kaj iuj homoj parolas Amerikan finnan lingvon. (eo)
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  • Location of Finnish people in America, however only a few can speak American Finnish. (en)
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  • American Finnish (en)
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  • Amerika finna lingvo aŭ fingelsko estas la formo de la finna lingvo parolata en Kanado kaj Usono. Amerika finna havas multajn vortojn el la angla lingvo, kaj ĝi havas iujn vortojn el la sveda lingvo, kiujn finna lingvo ne plu uzas. En Usono, ĉirkaŭ 26 000 homoj uzas ĝin en siaj domoj, kaj en Kanado ĉirkaŭ 15 295 homoj parolas ĝin. En la urboj Oulu kaj Stantono ĝi havas iujn parolantojn. En la urboj kaj iuj homoj parolas Amerikan finnan lingvon. (eo)
  • American Finnish, Fingliska or Fingelska is a form of the Finnish language spoken in North America. It has been heavily influenced by the English language. American Finnish was used actively until the 1950s and after that it has been declining, and Finnish Americans have been switching to English. Even some basic phrases like tätsrait 'that's right' were borrowed from English. The form of speech was studied by Pertti Virtaranta in 1960, and the first American Finnish dictionary was made in 1992. It has influence from English both in syntax and vocabulary. In 2013 Finnish was spoken by 26,000 people in their homes. In the town of Oulu, Wisconsin, there are documented third-generation speakers of American Finnish, and in Stanton Township, Michigan, there are children who speak the language. (en)
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