Simplify the following text for a Grade 13 native English-speaking person.
Original: Similarly , Mikhail Lomonosov compared different languages groups of the world including Slavic , Baltic ( `` Kurlandic '' ) , Iranian ( `` Medic '' ) , Finnish , Chinese , `` Hottentot '' , and others .
Simplified: Similarly , Mikhail Lomonosov compared different languages groups of the world including Slavic , Baltic , Iranian , Finnish , Chinese , Hottentot and others .