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That's... not how languages are grouped together. Russian has the word "apelsin", meaning the same thing - is it a Scandinavian language also?

Finland is associated with Scandinavia by virtue of being dominated by actual Scandinavian countries (notably, Sweden) for so long, which influenced the culture. But it's not Scandinavian per se, any more so than, say, Georgia is Eastern Slavic. Ditto the language - influenced, yes; belonging to the same group, not at all.




I speak Finnish. Well aware.




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