Finnish belongs to the Uralic language family. Among the features of Finnish are the absence of articles and the use of postpositions. These postpositions attach to both adjectives and nouns. Many Finnish phrases rhyme. Here are examples:
(on the bridge in the evening) sillalla illalla
(in the evening on the bridge) illalla sillalla
(on the bridge in the morning) sillalla aamulla
(in the morning on the bridge) aamulla sillalla
(in the big house) isossa talossa
(in the big church) isossa kirkossa
(from the old church) vanhasta kirkosta
(from the old school) vanhasta koulusta
The Finnish language has many features that are not common in other languages. One such feature is postpositions suffixed to both adjectives and nouns. The result is extensive rhyme in noun phrases.
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