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zetruz

Ex. Finland was part of Sweden for several centuries, until the early 1800s.
Mar 19 2015 03:45 PM

Fulmine

Then how come the languages are so different? Even I can tell even though I don't know Swedish or Finish
Mar 19 2015 10:48 PM

zetruz

I don't know precisely why the Finns don't have a Germanic language, but yes - it's completely different. It's part of the Finno-Ugric languages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finno-Ugric_languages
Also for funsies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvish_languages_(Middle-earth)#External_history

So yeah, linguistically completely separate from us. Though they still teach Swedish in Finnish schools, which has been a debate over there for quite some time as to whether or not they should abolish it.

Mar 20 2015 04:44 AM