Re: CHAT: (no subject)

Jarkko Hietaniemi scripsit:

> Sadly enough
> I don't know enough about other Fenno-Ugrian languages like Estonian
> and Hungarian, but I have a very strong hunch that they are similar
> in this regard.
They are, indeed.

Finnish is essentially Estonian spoken in the genitive case.
     --Eugene Holman

Conversely, Estonian is essentially Finnish with most unstressed and final syllables suppressed.
     --Eugene Holman

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