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The World and the LAnguage

2. Answer the questions.

  1. Where is the Finnish language spoken?

  2. When did the Finns and the Karelians invade southern Finland?

  3. What were the names of different Finnish tribes?

  4. Who fought at the mouth of the Neva River in 1240?

  5. Till what period were the Swedes successful in their wars with Russia?

  6. By whom were the Karelians christianized?

  7. What terms does Finnish have through the intermediary of Russian?

  8. What are Russian loan-words in standard Finnish?