Re: Another article about Latvian migration


"Maris" <latvis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Vello wrote:

>>I often notice that estonians living
>>in, say, Australia or US, will keep their language, but coaches and
>>sportsmen spending just half year in Finland start to speak some mix of
>>finnish and estonian.

Actually they very quickly speak excellent Finnish. Unfortunately I've
seldom met Finns, living in Estonia, who bother to learn proper Estonian.

Estonians are probably better at learning other languages.


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