Finnish and Estonian are both Uralic languages. They belong to the Finnic-Ugric subfamily. The similarity of the two languages is evident in a comparison of the numbers. Here are the numbers from one to ten in the two languages:
yksi üks
kaksi kaks
kolme kolm
neljä neli
viisi viis
kuusi kuus
seitsemän seitse
kahdeksan kaheksa
yhdeksän üheksa
kymmenen kümme
The high front rounded vowel is y in Finnish and ü in Estonian. Many of the Finnish numbers have word-final vowels, but the Estonian numbers for one to six end with consonants. All the Estonian numbers are shorter than the Finnish ones. However, despite the differences, it is clear that the Finnish and Estonian numbers are similar.
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