How Similar Are Finnish and Estonian?

In this video I compare the Finnish and Estonian languages to see how similar (or different) they are. Click the link to get a free account at Finnishpod101: ► ◄ *Black Friday sale on paid plans: Courses are currently 51% off for a limited time!* For 33 other languages click here: ► ◄ Special thanks to Aapeli Joronen for his Finnish language samples and to Ave-Lii Idavain for her Estonian language samples! The following people support Langfocus at : Anjo Barnes, Auguste Fields, Bennett Seacrist, Brandon Gonzalez, Brian King, Clark Roth, Georgy Eremin, Jacob Madsen, John Moffat, Karl-Erik Wångstedt, Kenny, Leon Jiang, Marcelo Loureiro, Matthew Etter, Michael Arbagi, Michael Cuomo, Nobbi Lampe-Strang, Paul Falstad, Rosalind Resnick, Ruben Sanchez Jr, ShadowCrossZero, Victoria Goh, Vincent David, Yuko Sunda, 19jks94, Abdullah Al-Kazaz, Adam Powell, Adam Vanderpluym, Admir Soko, AmateurTextualCriticism, Alen, Alex Hanselka, Alexandre Smirnov, Ali Muhammed Alshehri, Alvin Quiñones, Andrew Woods, Anthony Peter Swallow, Aous Mansouri, Ashley Dierolf, Atsushi Yoshida, Avital Levant, Bart Atwood-Ebi, Bartosz Czarnotta, Ben, Benn M, Brent Warner, Brian Begnoche, Brian Morton, Bruce Stark, Chelsea Boudreau, Christian Langreiter, Christopher Lowell, David Eggleston, David LeCount, Debbie Levitt, Diane Young, DickyBoa, Dieter Raber, divad, Divadrax, Don Ross, Donald Tilley, Ed B, Edward Wilson, Eric Loewenthal, Erin Robinson Swink, Evolyzer, Fabio Martini, fatimahl, Fawad Quraishi, Grace Wagner, Greg Boyarko, Gregory Garecki, Guillermo Jimenez, Hannes Egli, Harry Kek, Henri Saussure, Herr K, Ina Mwanda, Ivan Cristi, J Yang, Jack Jackson, Jaidyn Workman, Jakub Krajňanský, James and Amanda Soderling, James Lillis, JAMES ORR, Jay Bernard, Jens Aksel Takle, JESUS FERNANDO MIRANDA BARBOSA, Jim Wink, JING LUO, JK Nair, JL Bumgarner, joanna jansen, John Hyaduck, Justin Faist, Klaw117, Konrad, Kristian Erickson, Krzysztof Dobrzanski, Laura Morland, Lee Dedmon, Leo Coyne, Leo Barudi, Lincoln Hutton, Lorraine Inez Lil,Louize Kowalski, Luke Jensen, Afzal, Mahmoud Hashemi, maiku, Margaret Langendorf, Maria Comninou, Mark, Mark Grigoleit, Mark Kemp, Markzipan, Maurice Chou, Merrick Bobb, Merrick Bobb, Michael Poplin, Michael Regal, Mike Frysinger, Mohammed A. Abahussain, Mário Pegado, Naama Shang, Nicholas Gentry, Nicole Tovar, Oleksandr Ivanov, Oto Kohulák, Panot, Papp Roland, Patrick smith, Patriot Nurse, Paul Shutler, Pauline Pavon, Paulla Fetzek, Peter Andersson, Peter Nikitin, Peter Scollar, Pomax, Raymond Thomas, Renato Paroni de Castro, ReysDad, Robert Sheehan, Robert Williams, Roland Seuhs, Ron McKinnon, Ronald Brady, Saffo Papantonopoulou, Sergio Pascalin, ShrrgDas, Sierra Rooney, Simon Blanchet, Spartak Kagramanyan, Stefan Reichenberger, Steven Severance, Suzanne Jacobs, Theophagous, Thomas Chapel, veleum, Vinicius Marchezini, William MacKenzie, William O Beeman, yasmine jaafar, Yassine Ouarzazi, Yeshar Hadi, Éric Martin. Sources include: FSI Conversation Finnish textbook Colloquial Estonian: The Complete Course The Estonian Language Blog: Toward a Typology of European Languages. edited by Johannes Bechert, Giuliano Bernini, Claude Buridant. ESTONIAN TRANSITIVE VERBS AND OBJECT CASE by Anne Tamm. Online discussions sources: Music: “Gisele Revisited“ by South London HiFi. Outro: “Devil Cut“ by Coyote Hearing. The following images were used under Creative Commons Share Alike License: : Author: palmtree222. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. :Linguistic_map_of_the_Uralic_languages_(en).png. Authors: Nug, Chumwa. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Still images incorporating the above images are available for use under the same Creative Commons Share Alike license.
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