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This article can help you answer the following questions:
Where is Finland?
How many Deaf / Hard of Hearing people are in Finland?
There are an estimated 181,500 Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the Finland.
This percentage is a rough estimation: 3.3% of the general population. Lack of research make estimating these numbers difficult. The World Health Organization estimates 5% of the world population has significant hearing loss. Keep in mind that developing nations typically have a much higher number of Deaf and Hard of Hearing populations.
What sign languages are used in Finland?
Suomalainen Viittomakiel or Finnish Sign Language
Finland-Swedish Sign Language (FinSSL) [nearly extinct]
Scandinavian Pidgin Sign Language
Written / spoken languages in Finland:
Finnish
Swedish
three variants of Sami
Romani
Karelian
How do you say Finland in sign language?
Where can I learn Finnish Sign Language online?
This language is not yet available. If you would like to learn this language, please request it here: https://www.intersignuniversity.com/sign-languages
InterSign University offers many international sign language courses. Check them out here:
What Deaf organizations are located in Finland?
phillipa.sandholm@kl-deaf.fi
https://www.vammaiskumppanuus.fi/finnish-association-deaf/
http://www.wfdeaf.org
kuurojen.palvelusaatio@kuurojenpalvelusaatio.fi
http://www.kuurojenpalvelusaatio.fi/fin/in_english/
Description: Offers services and opportunities to Deaf and Deafblind people including sign language training; home and nursing care; senior services; psychiatric are; and a telephone hotline.
Source: Gallaudet
Additional sign language resources for Finland
WIKITONGUES- Håkan signing Finland-Swedish Sign Language
This video was recorded by Wikitongues volunteer Kristen Tcherneshoff in Porvoo, Finland. It is estimated that around 90 people have Finland-Swedish Sign Language (FinSSL) as their native language. The language emerged as its own distinct language around the end of the 19th-century, often credited to the Deaf school in Porvoo, Finland. The school originally used Swedish Sign Language as the medium of instruction, but a new sign language began to emerge, leading to FinSSL. Håkan was a student of the school, which shut down in 1993, leading to a decline of FinSSL use within Porvoo and Finland as a whole.
We will update this section as more information becomes available.
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