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The Institute for the Languages of Finland
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Country |
Finland |
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Foundation Date |
1976 |
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Type of institution |
Public agency |
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Parent body |
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture |
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Languages |
Finnish, Swedish, Sámi used in Finland, Romani, Finnish sign language |
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Objectives/Tasks/Activities |
The Institute for the Languages of Finland studies Finnish, Swedish, Sámi languages used in Finland, certain other cognate languages of Finnish, Romani, as well as Finnish sign language from various perspectives: vocabulary, nomenclature and language use in different contexts in the past and the present. The institute compiles dictionaries, acts as an official authority in language planning, offers guidance and counselling in regard to language related questions and maintains various archives and an extensive linguistic library for the use of researchers. |
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Responsible person |
Director Professor Pirkko Nuolijärvi Head of Swedish department Dr. Mikael Reuter |
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Number of staff |
The institute has nearly a hundred employees, 25 of them in language and nomenclature planning, 35 in the compilation of dictionaries, 20 in various research projects and 8 in archives and the library. |
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Periodicals and serial publications |
The Institute for the Languages of Finland publishes dictionaries, linguistic research, readers in language planning and other books on languages. The institute publishes two magazines for language planning, Kielikello (Finnish) and the Språkbruk (Swedish). |
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Address |
Postal address: Hakaniemenranta 6, 00530 Helsinki Visiting address Hakaniemenranta 6, 00530 Helsinki Hagnäskajen 6, 00530 Helsingfors
Telephone number: +358 20 781 3200 |
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Languages in which the organisation is able to communicate actively |
Finnish, Swedish, English |
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Other languages in which the institution is able to receive communications |
German, French, Danish, Norwegian, Estonian, Hungarian, Russian |
