[muawiyah]

Actually, there are 11 other languages ~ the main Sa'ami languages ~ which are not I.E., and as it turns out they are also not related to the Uralic-Altaic groups, just that they've picked up a lot of Finish words in recent centuries.

There's another non IE language you need to know about. It's called Estonian. It really is different from Hungarian and Finnish ~ at least its speakers say so.

The closest ancient language cognate to the Sa'ami languages is called Sumerian, and it, in turn appears to have originated among the Dravidians. Lots of history in that one just now being discovered.

[the scotsman]

In retrospect, I think my old teacher may have meant four language GROUPS. Still, as you pointed out, wrong, but slightly less wrong than four languages...lol