Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Latvian language does not belong to the Finno-Ugric languages but belongs to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European languages. There is, though, a minority in Latvia called Livonians (not more than 300 people) that speak Livonian and that is a Finno-Ugric language. (http://www.flw.com/languages/livonian.htm) Linguists only agree that the Finno-Ugric languages most probaly originate in the Ural. For those of you who want to learn more go to http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3093/finnugor.html Mongolian languages are a subdivision of the Altaic languages which in turn is a subfamily of the Ural-Altaic languages, although many scholars consider Altaic an independent linguistic family. J?rg -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jorg.willems=pp.inet.fi@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jorg.willems=pp.inet.fi@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Marc James Small < Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 2:09 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Non-Indo-European European languages At 05:24 AM 11/10/04 +0100, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >I believe you are correct, and that Estonian is also in that category--I >know that the Finns and Estonians can more or less understand each >other, so their languages must be related. Hungarian and Turkish are loosely connected through being descended from Mongolian. Latvian, Estonian, and Finnish are of Finno-Uiguric orign, closely connected to Mongolian but distinct. Lithuanian, on the other hand, seems to be a descendant of the original, undifferentiated, Indo-European mother tongue. As this language originated somewhere north of the Caspian Sea, it is not known how this language emigrated to the Baltic coast. Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information