SC22/WG20 N853
Finnish
in Finland
Administrative information for this specification
Country:
Finland
Two
letter code:
FI
Language:
Finnish
Natural
language code:
fi
Character
set used for representing cultural data in this specification:
ISO/IEC 8859-1
Organisation:
TIEKE Finnish Information Society
Development Centre
Address:
Salomonkatu 17 A
10th floor
FIN - 00100 HELSINKI
FINLAND
Responsible
person:
Erkki I. Kolehmainen
Contact
person for cultural data:
Pauli Kurjonen
E-mail of
the contact person:
mailto:[email protected]
Phone
number:
+358 9 4763 0400
Fax
number:
+358 9 4763 0399
Source:
National Committee (balloted
version)
Date of
the data provision:
1999-01-25
Version
number of the application:
1.0
Clause 1: Alphanumeric deterministic ordering
Ordering
of characters:
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l,
m, n, o, p, q, r, s, s-caron, t, u, v, w, x, y, z, z-caron, å ,ä, ö
Short
description of the ordering rules:
Capital and small letters are
equal. Other accented characters are ordered as if the diacritical marks were
non-existent
In certain instances, familiar foreign
characters are ordered according to the equivalent character in Finnish (e.g.
ü=y )
Source
National Committee
Clause 2: Classification of characters
Upper and
lower cases exist for all Finnish letters.
a, e, i, o, u, y, å, ä and ö are
vowels, the rest characters are consonants
Clause 3: Numeric formatting
COMMA <,> for decimal separator, NO--BREAK SPACE < > for thousands separator (although FULLSTOP <.> may be used for monetary values)
Clause 4: Monetary formatting
Monetary
formatting - name of the currency:
markkaa, EUR
International
currency code:
FIM, EUR
Positive
International numeric format:
FIM 654,30, EUR 654,30
Negative
International numeric format:
FIM -654,30, EUR -654,30
Domestic
Currency symbol:
mk, €
Positive Domestic
numeric format:
654,30 mk, 654,30 €
Negative
Domestic numeric format
-654,30 mk, -654,30 €
Thousand
and decimal separator:
22.225.744,30 mk,
22.225.744,30 €
Clause 5: Date and time conventions
Weekdays:
English name Natural language name Short
Weekday name
Sunday
sunnuntai su
Monday maanantai ma
Tuesday tiistai ti
Wednesday keskiviikko ke
Thursday torstai to
Friday perjantai pe
Saturday lauantai la
Month names:
English name Natural language name Short
Month name
January
tammikuu 1.
February helmikuu 2.
March maaliskuu 3.
April huhtikuu 4.
May toukokuu 5.
June kesäkuu 6.
July heinäkuu 7.
August elokuu 8.
September syyskuu 9.
October lokakuu 10.
November marraskuu 11.
December joulukuu 12.
Date in
numeric format:
25.1.1999 in text, optionally
(outside text) 1999-01-25
Time
before noon:
6.05 in text, optionally (outside
text) 6:05
Time
after noon:
16.05 in text, optionally (outside
text) 16:05
Date in
non numeric format:
25. tammikuuta 1999
Time
before noon:
?
Time
after noon:
?
Clause 6: Affirmative and negative answers
Affirmative
expression
Kyllä or K
Negative
expression
Ei or E
Clause 9: Character set considerations
Alphabet:
aA, bB, cC, dD, eE, fF, gG, hH, iI,
jJ, kK, lL, mM, nN, oO, pP, qQ, rR, sS, s-caron, S-caron, tT, uU, vV, wW, xX,
yY, zZ, z-caron, Z-caron, åÅ, äÄ, öÖ
Foreign
letters or characters that are allowed by the language orthography:
cC, qQ, s-caron, S-caron, wW, xX,
zZ, z-caron, Z-caron
Coded character
sets used in the country:
SFS ISO/IEC 8859-15 (first
priority), ISO/IEC 8859-1, MS 1252, CP 850 (858), (ISO/IEC 10646-1)
Characters
missing in the code sets:
s-caron, z-caron from some, e.g.
ISO/IEC 8859-1
Clause 12: Character properties
Vocals: a, e, i, o, u, y, å, ä, ö, rest consonants
Clause 13: Use of special characters
The
following quotation marks are used in both the beginning and the end of the
quotation:
quotation mark
right single quotation mark
right-pointing double angle quotation
mark
Clause 16: Personal name rules
N/A
Clause 17: Inflection
Highly characteristic.
Clause 31: Paper formats
A4