Arto,
I thank you for the lesson in suomi, and the words for instruments used in
Suomi.
Now, because the subject line is appropriate, I'm going to add some
comments and questions for you and all.
First, I no longer have to put quotes around the flat back I made. I went to
a book store today to
Dear Jon,
Somewhere in the vague distances of my mind I remember singing in Finnish.
There is a recollection that the name of the country, or the people, was
Suuomi (spelling?). Is my memory totally failed, or is there a word that is
similar that describes the country.
Well yes, in Finnish
I believe Finnish, Hungarian and Turkish are related and not of
Indo-European origin.- they are called something like Turko-Ugrarian. A
Turkic tribe moved westward from Anatolia through Eastern Europe to Finland.
I had a Hungarian friend (sadly now deceased) who explained something like
this to
Dear Monica,
you wrote:
I believe Finnish, Hungarian and Turkish are related and not of
Indo-European origin.- they are called something like Turko-Ugrarian. A
Turkic tribe moved westward from Anatolia through Eastern Europe to Finland.
That is a funny legend... ;-)
As far as I know,
Monica Hall at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A
Turkic tribe moved westward from Anatolia through Eastern Europe to Finland.
Finland must have moved considerably to the north and east since then.
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I believe Finnish, Hungarian and Turkish are related and not of
Indo-European origin.- they are called something like
Turko-Ugrarian. A
Turkic tribe moved westward from Anatolia through Eastern Europe
Stewart,
Somewhere in the vague distances of my mind I remember singing in Finnish.
There is a recollection that the name of the country, or the people, was
Suuomi (spelling?). Is my memory totally failed, or is there a word that is
similar that describes the country.
Best, Jon
Ah me, how can I leave this lute irrelevant thread? But I can't stop
thinking of language - and it does relate to music as each evolves a bit
differently in different communities.
Just that a Finnish speaker and an Estonian speaker understand each other
as much as an Italian speaker and a
Dear Arto and All:
Could this also be the source of the Gaelic word ceilidh, meaning music
party?
I would be surprised if there weren't at least a few Finnish words in the
English language. English seems to have stolen words from everybody else.
Yours,
Jim
For what I know, and please correct me if I'm wrong, Basque's origin is not
yet 100% clear.
Any expert's opinion?
Agur,
Ariel.
In fact it is 100% unclear.
RT
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