American finnish (english) place names

Place names in American finnish
  • Misikaan(i) (Michigan)
  • Ameriikka (America)
  • Steitit~Steitsit / Vallat (U.S.A.)
  • Kanada (Canada)
  • Sikako (Chicago)
  • Kaili (Gile)
  • Mäknoolia (Magnolia)
  • Arvuuti (Ironwood)
  • Klaasteri (Gloucester) 
  • Tulut (Duluth).
  • Frisco (San Francisco)
  • Lenska (Lanesville)
  • Wiheriä saari (Green Island)

https://kielikello.fi/paikannimet-amerikansuomalaisten-kirjeissa/

Amerikansuomen sanakirja =: A dictionary of American Finnish https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/180070

In 2013 American Finnish was spoken by 26,000 people in their homes. In the town of Oulu, Wisconsin, there are documented third-generation speakers of American Finnish, and in Stanton Township, Michigan, there are children who speak the language. American Finnish has also retained loanwords from Swedish which modern Finnish lost. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Finnish


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