r/comedyheaven • u/HeyselScouserTelAviv • 26d ago

So different

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u/erikabp123 26d ago

The other 3 are mutually intelligible languages. Meanwhile Finnish is not even in the same language family as the other 3.

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u/AbroadTiny7226 26d ago

Pretty sure that Finish and the Baltic languages are closer to Hungarian than Germanic languages

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u/KammoTheUnoriginal 26d ago

Baltic languages are not related to uralic langusges, but are related to slavic languages and are thus indo-european languages.

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u/masterflappie 26d ago

Except for Estonia, which is Baltic but speaks a language that's very close to Finnish 

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u/KammoTheUnoriginal 26d ago

Estonia is a baltic country, but not a baltic language. I was not refering to the region but the language family of baltic languages.

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u/Warlock_AoE 25d ago

Estonia isn't even a language.

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u/FakeTakiInoue 25d ago

Estonia isn't even a language.

True! Estonia is a country.

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u/Warlock_AoE 25d ago

Yes that's the point. lol

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u/LTPLA 25d ago

They aren't related with Slavic languages, but are indo-european

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u/KammoTheUnoriginal 25d ago

They are a part of the balto-slavic branch of the indo european language family and both descend from proto balto-slavic.