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Is Finland considered Slavic? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by RindoGang@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml

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I was recently talking with a Russian friend of mine, and he told me that Finland is actually Slavic. His reasoning was that Russia and Finland share a long border and a lot of history

Please don't burn me at the stake I'm just the messenger D:

I know next to nothing about this and just wanted to see if there was any truth to what he said from a cultural or historical standpoint

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[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Lmao, what? There are more reasons to consider Russia Finnic instead (very little and very flimsy reasons).

[–] bookwhyrm@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

only about 1-2% of russia's population speak finno‑ugric or other uralic languages natively.

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

I was referring to the fact that a large percent of Russian population is descended from assimilated Finnic tribes (and yes, it is a very flimsy reason).