Re: Rating Languages

> > And though Hungarian is FInno-Ugric, I had
> > quite a difficult time with learning other FU languages, especially
> > difficult was Sami and Estonian.
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> Well, those are pretty remote from Hungarian, say as far away as
> Germanic from Indic.  Have you ever looked at any Ob'-Ugric languages?

Yes, at two dialects of Mansi and at Eastern Khanty, and, in truth I was
hard pressed to find too much more in common with them and Hungarian than
with Hungarian and, say, Komi.

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