{"id":4018,"date":"2017-04-03T07:50:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T07:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4018-arabic-third-most-common-foreign-language-in-finland\/"},"modified":"2017-04-03T07:50:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T07:50:03","slug":"arabic-third-most-common-foreign-language-in-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4018-arabic-third-most-common-foreign-language-in-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Arabic &#8211; third most common foreign language in Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Statistics Finland figures show that native Arabic speakers now outnumber those with English as their mother tongue.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Arabic &#8211; third most common foreign language in Finland<\/h4>\n<h4>Statistics Finland figures show that native Arabic speakers now outnumber those with English as their mother tongue.<\/h4>\n<h4>Last year native Arabic speakers became the third largest foreign-language group in the country, Statistics Finland reports.<\/h4>\n<h4>The statistics added that not only Arabic reached the third most common language, but also the name Fatima became first place for newborn girls in Finland.<\/h4>\n<h4>Senior statistician MarkkuRapo sees a clear link between the high number of asylum seekers who came into Finland in 2015 and the rise in Arabic speakers, particularly from Iraq and Syria.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statistics Finland figures show that native Arabic speakers now outnumber those with English as their mother tongue. \u00a0 Arabic &#8211; third most common foreign language in Finland Statistics Finland figures show that native Arabic speakers now outnumber those with English as their mother tongue. 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