Inhabitants in Finland 2008

5 326 314

Official spoken languages

Finnish and Swedish

Minority languages

Finnish Sign Language, Sami and Romany

Deaf  people

8000

out of which sign language users

5000

Finland-Swedish Deaf  people

200

Total of sign language users

14 000

Basic schools for those with
impaired hearing

10

Deaf  people in the whole world

70 million

The Finnish Association of the Deaf
was founded in

1905

having member clubs in the amount

43

with a membership amounting to

4 158

Employees in the Association

118

Income in 2007

€ 9,6 million

Expenses in 2007

€ 9,4 million

The most important source of financing

The Finnish Slot Machine Association

whose share of the income amounts to

47%