Which European language is Finnish most closely related to?

Swedish
Estonian
Hungarian
None
Finnish is not an Indo-European language. It is (together with Estonian) a member of Finnic group, which itself belongs to the Uralic family. Estonian and Finnish are not mutually intelligible, although many words and the grammar are similar, so people can typically understand written texts in the other language to some extent (similarly to Portuguese and Spanish).
Paul Caspack
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Very interesting!
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Swedish
Estonian
Hungarian
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flagRepublic of Ireland
16%
75%
8%
0%
24
flagFinland
15%
68%
15%
0%
19
flagGermany
7%
56%
28%
7%
66
flagFrance
9%
45%
45%
0%
11
flagItaly
21%
42%
21%
14%
14
flagPoland
18%
41%
28%
11%
10518
flagthe United Kingdom
28%
39%
19%
10%
121
flagGreece
18%
31%
43%
6%
16
flagSpain
20%
30%
30%
20%
10
flagIndia
32%
29%
25%
12%
31
flagthe United States
31%
27%
26%
13%
185
flagCzech Republic
27%
27%
36%
9%
11
flagAustralia
11%
26%
26%
34%
26
flagCanada
33%
20%
26%
20%
15