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 Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6891 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 17 of 19 17 April 2010 at 3:53pm | IP Logged | ||
Me too. The comparison made by Chung is still valid, simply labelling it "dialectal" rather than "colloquial". When forming compound words though, the "i" in "suuri" is dropped as a rule: suurperhe, suurvoittaja, suurmestari, suurpiirteinen etc. and this is strictly formal and official, nothing colloquial about it at all. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5553 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 18 of 19 16 September 2010 at 8:52am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for posting this, Chung. I was just reading a related article on the Guardian website, and wondering about the mutual intelligibility of Finnish and Hungarian. This answers my questions perfectly!
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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7153 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 19 of 19 17 September 2010 at 10:05am | IP Logged | ||
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You're welcome, Teango.
That link to the Guardian's question-and-answer page is a bit of "old hat" in that it degenerates into yet another argument over the Hungarians' origins. In particular, it is striking the degree or even vehemence put forth by people weighing in on the matter. However it also seems as if the linguists are entitled to have their conclusions carry the day even in questions or topics for which linguistics provides at best an incomplete answer (see especially Larry Trask's post in that link) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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