This course is a continuation of BF 001 . Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Finnish. No preliminary knowledge of Finnish necessary. This course is continued in BF 004 . This course is a continuation of BF 003 .
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Introduction to Balto-Finnic languages with emphasis on the established literary languages, Finnish and Estonian. Analysis of their phonological and morphological structures. Survey of related nonliterary languages such as Karelian and Vepsian. Taught in English. Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Estonian.