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NNadir

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

Reply to Wicked Blue (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 19, 2022, 11:24 AM

Nov 2022

...German professor told the class in college.

He said that because of the number of cases in Finnish, that the Finnish parliament spends 11 months of the year debating grammar, and in the other month agree to speak Swedish and get all their work done.

No offense, I hope.

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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