Tavastians
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Tavastians (from Swedish tavaster, Finnish: Hämäläiset, Russian: Емь, Yem, Yam) are a historic people and a modern subgroup (heimo) of the Finnish people. They live in areas of the historical province of Tavastia (Häme) and speak Tavastian dialects.