It can indicate the Finnish language itself, and often the closely related varietiesA dialect is a variant, or variety, of a language spoken in a certain geographical area. The number of speakers, and the area itself, can be of arbitrary size. It follows that a dialect for a larger area can contain plenty of (sub-) dialects, which in tur spoken in Finland's neighbourhood, see Finno-Ugric languagesThe Finno-Ugric languages form a subfamily of the Uralic languages. The majority of linguists believe that the Finnish, Hungarian and Estonian, among others should be included in the group. Unlike most of the other languages spoken in Europe, the Finno-Ug: VepsVeps belongs to the Baltic- Finnic group of the Finno-Ugric languages. According to Soviet statistics 8,000 people were self-designated Veps speakers at the end of the 1970s. The statistics are however considered extremely unreliable by most non-Soviet li, Izhorian, Ingrian, KarelianThe Karelian language is a variety closely related to Finnish. It belongs to the Finno-Ugric languages, and is chiefly distinguished from standard Finnish by the lack of influence from modern 19th and 20th century Finnish. The Karelian language does not h, Meänkieli
Finally, it can be a false translation from Scandinavian languages, where the concepts of Finns and Samis haven't always been distinguished; Until recently Finn in the Norwegian language meant a Sami.
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