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Wicked Blue

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1. Estonian and Finnish are also non-Indo-European languages

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat Nov 19, 2022, 11:19 AM

Nov 2022

along with smaller, related languages including Karelian, Voro-Seto and Veps.

It is estimated there are about 6.1 million speakers of Finnic languages. Including myself.

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Estonian and Finnish are also non-Indo-European languages Wicked Blue Nov 2022 #1

Yes you are correct, thanks for the addition. My favorite joke about languages is one my... NNadir Nov 2022 #2

True, Finnish is difficult Wicked Blue Nov 2022 #3

We have ideas as to when Finnic languages moved into Europe. Igel Nov 2022 #4

Well, looking into the matter somewhat superficially, I was surprised (as were the authors) that.... NNadir Nov 2022 #5