Saaneista

Saaneista is a Finnish-language demonym that would denote residents of the Saane region, an area around the Saane river in western Switzerland. The name Saane is the German designation for the river, which is known as Sarine in French; Finns would form the plural demonym by adding the suffix -ista, producing saaneista to mean "people from Saane."

The Saane flows through the cantons of Bern and Fribourg, passing the city of Fribourg, and has historically linked German- and French-speaking communities in the region. The valley has seen cultural exchange and bilingual administration.

Although possible, saaneista is not a common or standardized demonym in Finnish. It serves as an example of how regional names might be rendered into Finnish in descriptive or ethnographic writing. In practice, Finnish texts would typically refer to residents of specific municipalities rather than a broad Saane region. See also: Sarine/Saane river, Fribourg, Bern.