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saxelmwifo enis swavlebis sakiTxebi:
problemebi da gamowvevebi
Issues of State Language Teaching;
Problems and Challenges
The Finland’s Romani are provided with the same education as the majority population, their language
enjoying the status of a non-territorial minority should be safe within the European Framework Convention
for the Protection of National Minorities. Nevertheless, this group has difficulties both with access to the
higher educational level and with maintenance of the own language (Finitiko romaseele 2004).
Table 1. Country of birth, citizenship and mother tongue of the population (OSF1)
About 140 immigrant languages are spoken in Finland today; they include, among others, Russian
(1.0%), Estonian (0.3%), English, Somali, Arabic, Kurdish, Albanian and Chinese. Altogether, about 2,7%
speak immigrant languages. The right of minority groups to maintain their culture and language is protected
by the constitution.
Table 2. The largest groups by native language 2000 and 2010 (OSF2)
In the history, Finns often were migrating from the country; in the recent time, the net immigration surpasses
the emigration.
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