Finnish medical interpreters
AI-powered medical interpretation, in real time, in Finnish, available on the devices your teams already carry.
There are 21,320 speakers of Finnish in the United States.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Finnish doesn’t rank among the 15 most reported non-English languages in any state’s ACS table, so state-level counts aren’t published. The national figure covers all states. Communities like this are exactly why Opalite exists: the languages hardest to staff are the ones we make sure are always available.
2,663
speakers of Finnish speak English less than “very well”: the federal threshold for needing language assistance.
12%
of Finnish speakers in the U.S. meet that limited-English definition.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Common questions about Finnish interpretation
Yes, whenever a patient prefers Finnish. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, every provider taking federal dollars must provide meaningful language access, and since the 2024 Section 1557 final rule that means qualified interpreters: family members and untrained staff don't count. 2,663 Finnish speakers in the U.S. speak English less than “very well” (ACS 2017-2021).
Language should never delay care.
See Opalite connect your teams and patients who speak Finnish, instantly, word for word.