Although there are distinct differences, the Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish languages are quite similar; citizens of some Scandinavian countries are able to understand each other quite well. [[Finnish]] is not mutually intelligible with the other languages; indeed, Finnish is not even in the [[Indo-European language]] family. Finnish is generally considered to be part of the [[Finno-Ugric]] family. | Although there are distinct differences, the Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish languages are quite similar; citizens of some Scandinavian countries are able to understand each other quite well. [[Finnish]] is not mutually intelligible with the other languages; indeed, Finnish is not even in the [[Indo-European language]] family. Finnish is generally considered to be part of the [[Finno-Ugric]] family. |