Yes, that is true...we have some common roots, waaaay back in time..
Finno-Ugric Languages/people
Baltic Finns:
inkeroinen (300)
karjala (70 000)
liivi (a few)
lyydi (5 000)
suomi = finnish (5 000 000)
vatja (a few)
veps� (6 000)
viro = estonian (1 000 000)
Volgan Finns:
ers�mordva (500 000)
mokshamordva (250 000)
mari = tsheremissi (550 000)
Ugrian:
hanti = ostjakki (13 000)
mansi = voguli (3 000)
unkari = hungarian (14 000 000)
Lot of infos about this on the net btw..
Its kinda bad that we barely learned anything about this in the school..
[ September 23, 2003, 14:04: Message edited by: Mortifer ]