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But in fact I did not mean to say anything else except I recollect waking up one lovely morning in Japan some day in late August of 1992. It was mid-morning and I had a feeling that my family was somewhere nearby speaking Estonian in a way that could not be understood–as I heard them speak through a couple of very thin walls.

When I was entirely up, I realised the soft melody could have provoked my sensation. I liked it, regardless of the fact that I would not believe much about that simple linking exercises between the Estonian and Japanese languages.

Well, but besides, as an Estonian, I also liked the Japanese way of life in that part where I see coincidences that most probably crop up from something that one could call ‘natural farmers’ culture’. E.g. I enjoyed the respect for each person’s personal room and privacy. Like in Estonia–also in Japan–while making new friends, you never come too near another person. Not because you would be hesitant or cold–just on the contrary: you care for another person and you respect their personal room. So while making business contacts in Estonia for a longer success one should understand that all that typical Estonian silence and seemingly great distances between people come from an intrinsic need for private room. If this is understood, a bit later one would discover a closely linked society where everybody knows everybody–we are a bit bigger though than Iceland–we are around one million. Quite good number, would I think.

But certainly the endeavour of linguistic comparison of anything that far from each other would take more effort than can ever be displayed in this blog here–regardless of whether we would eventually would arrive at establishing a link or two or no link at all.