77.1 percent of citizens speak Finnish as their mother tongue, and 5.6 percent speak Swedish. The remaining 17.3 percent of the population speaks a native language other than Finnish or Swedish. The fastest-growing languages are Arabic and Somali.
Only 64 people speak Sami languages as their mother tongues, although 527 people have Sami ancestry. There are 93 Tatar language speakers living there, accounting for almost half of all Tatar language speakers in Finland.
