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NoaLingua for Finnish — a language learning extension

What actually works in Finnish, capability by capability

Finnish is one of the 28 languages NoaLingua offers, and 5 of its ten capability axes are verified from the extension's own registries. This page lists what exists, what is documented as absent, and the specific things about Finnish that do not apply to any other language.

Suomi

BCP-47 fi · latin script

What NoaLingua supports in Finnish, capability by capability

Capability State Detail
Chrome on-device translation per pair Not documented Varies by pair; Chrome decides
YouTube caption translation Not documented YouTube covers 156 languages; the list is not published per language
Cloud translation (MyMemory) per pair Not documented Opt-in, quota-limited, and the only source that sends sentence text off your device.
Offline word dictionary per pair Not documented FreeDict/WikDict coverage is per pair and not enumerated
Grammar tables (UniMorph) No A Finnish dataset exists but upstream splits it across two files, and the downloader assumes one. Deliberately left out rather than silently fetching half the data.
Definitions & IPA (Wiktionary / kaikki) Yes size never measured — reported as unknown, never as small
Example sentences (Tatoeba) per pair Yes Real bilingual sentences, searched locally once downloaded.
Speech recognition (Chrome pack) Not documented Chrome owns this pack; availability is Chrome's, not ours
Uncommon-word highlighting No No bundled list, so uncommon-word underlining does not run
Punctuation for captions without it Yes One 56 MB model covering 47 languages, downloaded once per profile.

Specific to Finnish

Things that are only true of Finnish in NoaLingua

  • Finnish has no grammar pack, and the reason is mundane: UniMorph publishes Finnish across two files instead of one, and the downloader assumes one. It was left out deliberately rather than shipping half the data silently.
  • Finnish does have a kaikki dictionary, so definitions and IPA work — but its pack size has never been measured.
  • Finnish is covered by the punctuation model.
  • For a language this heavily inflected, the missing grammar pack is the single most noticeable gap in NoaLingua’s coverage.
Setting up for Finnish Choose Finnish as the language you are learning in the extension popup or Settings → Languages. Packs begin downloading immediately and in the background — leave the browser open for 15 to 30 minutes and check the corner of the screen. When it goes quiet, everything is local. The full first-run guide →

Common questions about NoaLingua

Does NoaLingua work for Finnish?

Finnish is one of the 28 languages in the learning and translation selectors, and 5 of its ten capability axes are verified. The table on this page shows exactly which ones — including the ones that are documented as absent.

Can I get grammar tables for Finnish?

No. A Finnish dataset exists but upstream splits it across two files, and the downloader assumes one. Deliberately left out rather than silently fetching half the data. Everything else — definitions where available, examples, saving and review — works normally.

Does Finnish work offline?

Yes, once the packs finish downloading. Expect to leave the extension running 15 to 30 minutes after choosing your languages.

What does “not documented” mean in the table?

That we have not verified it ourselves, so we will not claim it either way. It is not the same as “no”. Several of those columns depend on data Chrome owns and does not publish per language.

Other languages NoaLingua supports

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