Exonyms - spelling guide for Finnish foreign place names

Exonyms - spelling guide for Finnish foreign place names is an online publication produced by the Institute for the Languages of Finland (Kotimaisten kielten keskus, Kotus). It functions as a digital reference service for Finnish-language exonyms — the Finnish forms used for places outside Finland — and offers guidance on how foreign place names should be written in Finnish. The guide is hosted on Kotus's Kaino service at https://kaino.kotus.fi/eksonyymit/ and is part of the institute's broader public mission to document, regulate and advise on the use of Finnish and related languages. Rather than being a commercial product in the conventional sense, it is a state-produced language resource: a branded online tool maintained by a national language authority. Its audience includes writers, journalists, translators, editors, teachers, students and public administrators who need consistent Finnish spellings for foreign toponyms. The guide covers exonyms across languages and regions, giving recommended Finnish forms and, in many cases, alternative or outdated spellings. Because it is published by a government research institute, its authority derives from the linguistic expertise of Kotus rather than from market position. The resource is freely accessible online and is updated as the institute's naming recommendations evolve. It is one of several Kotus online services, alongside dictionaries, terminology banks and naming guidelines, that together form Finland's national language infrastructure.

The guide is an online publication of the Institute for the Languages of Finland (Kotimaisten kielten keskus, Kotus), the national authority responsible for the Finnish language, Swedish in Finland, the Sámi languages, Romani and Finnish Sign Language. Kotus has long produced naming recommendations and dictionaries, and the Exonyms guide extends that work into a dedicated digital service for foreign place names in Finnish. It is hosted on the institute's Kaino platform, which also provides access to other language resources. The guide's purpose is to give users a single, authoritative place to check how foreign toponyms should be spelled in Finnish, including recommended exonyms and their variants. Because it is maintained by a state institute, its content is revised as naming conventions and international usage change. The publication is freely available online and is cited as a reference work for Finnish exonym usage.

A free, authoritative state-published online reference for Finnish exonyms, aimed at language professionals and the general public.

• Exonyms - spelling guide for Finnish foreign place names

  Online guide to Finnish exonyms and the spelling of foreign place names in Finnish, published by the Institute for the Languages of Finland.

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