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Post by mikael on May 23, 2021 9:55:44 GMT
Being a highly international group - interested in a highly international sport - we have occasionally talked about languages. I came across the illustration below, which shows the connections between the languages of the "Old World", and find it fascinating. (And to me, it had also a number of surprises.)
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Post by René on May 23, 2021 11:02:34 GMT
That's a great 'map' and indeed some very interesting connections.
I did know about the Finnish and Hungarian connection. With many European languages you can always understand a little bit, certainly when written. But with these two not at all. Completely alien.
I visited the Hungarian Grand Prix once in 2003 and had a two week holiday in Hungary. Beautiful country but the language is very strange. There were a lot of Finnish fans at the Grand Prix and there have been since the first race in Budapest. It is probably the closest race for the Fins but the language connection may also play a part.
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Post by chrisb on May 24, 2021 9:22:07 GMT
brilliant, thank you Mikael, I had no idea of the connections between the Finns and Hungarians and wonder about how that came about, given the history of Finland and Russia and Hungary and Austria, i am intrigued
maybe it is my eyesight but struggled to see the Celtic language - apologies if I have missed it, only it's origins are interesting and although I am not sure but seem to think there are at least 4 main interpretations of it, Scottish, Irish, Welsh and Devon/Cornwall dialect
Rene, I went to the Hungarian GP in 07 and it was overran by the Poles, great fun and my word do they party. Hungary as you say and I have toured a bit of it on the bike is beautiful, but at the GP what really struck me was the number of beautiful women, stunning
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Post by robmarsh on May 24, 2021 10:00:17 GMT
Very interesting but from my, albeit very short, study of Latin and French there is more of a connection to English than this diagram shows. Chris the Celts branched off just before the Albanians.
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Post by chrisb on May 24, 2021 10:11:05 GMT
thanks Rob
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Post by charleselan on May 24, 2021 11:39:08 GMT
It is interesting to see that in that tiny off shoot of the Celtic language brought to our attention by Rob that it includes Breton. When we first moved to France it was in Brittany. It became apparent that there as a very close association of the Bretons and Welsh; it was said that both nations could understand one another even though their languages were not the same.
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