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Historical linguistic analysis uncovers the Finnic genealogical roots across Estonian proto-dialects, highlighting distinct evolutionary paths for East, Northeast, and North varieties.
The present article will discuss the diachronic background of the six Estonian proto-dialects: South Estonian, Coastal Estonian (proper), Vaivara (Coastal) Estonian, East Estonian, Northeast Estonian, and (remaining) North Estonian. Since the author has already extensively discussed the three former groups before, special reference will be given to the three latter ones.
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