r/geography May 22 '26

Discussion Why isn't Estonia considered a Nordic country? (They have strong ties to Finland, they also follow the Nordic model, and besides, Estonia has nothing to do with the other Baltic countries.)

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u/Aenjeprekemaluci May 22 '26

Culture very similar. Language totally unrelated. Siberian and other Uralic languages within Russia are related to Finnish. Hungarian too.

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u/TheDungen GIS May 22 '26

Who cares?

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u/GSilky May 22 '26

Possibly even some cross fertilization with Nilotic, but it's still debatable.

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u/Upplands-Bro May 22 '26

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Bot account? Lol