ocr: Most Finns are ofScandinavianBaltic extraction. Finnish belongs to the small Finno-Ugric linguistic group and is a legacy of the country's earliest invaders from Asia. Although they were later ousted by the ancestors oftoday's Finns, their language was retained. Lappish, also a Finno-Ugric language,is spoken by the small Sami (Lapp) population, who live above the Arctic Circle. Around 6% ofthe population live in the Aland Islands in the southwest and speak Swedish. More than 50% ofFinns live in the five southernmost districts around Helsinla. Families tend to be close-kanit, although divorce r ...
