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To: vahet pole

Do the Estonians speak a Slavic language ?


7 posted on 09/09/2007 4:58:56 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Go Hawks !)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

no...theirs is most similar to Finnish...


8 posted on 09/09/2007 5:03:23 AM PDT by stefanbatory
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Do the Estonians speak a Slavic language?

No and no. Estonians speak a Baltic language, making it most similar to Lithuanian and Latvian, which in turn, makes it somewhat similar to Sanskrit. I am not a linguist, however.

15 posted on 09/10/2007 9:53:32 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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