Now these flags I really am enjoying!!! 
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(home country), 
(background), living in 
and trying really hard to learn 
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3/4🇪🇪1/4🇫🇮 for two decades my passport was a label from a beer bottle.
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I have a bit of something else too but I can’t remember. Could be French and we could be related. 
Hey long lost cousin, how you been? 
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All my French English Irish relatives lived in Canada for awhile and eventually made it to Lowell MA.
Fathers side right off the polish boat and into Lowell MA. Couldn’t speak to the grandparents. The Polish relatives hated my Mom cuz she wasn’t Polish. 
My moms side hated my dad cuz he was Polish 
What a waste. I don’t know anyone on the Polish side.
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ancestry. Born in 
@Mephistopheles I’m also learning Finnish, though I’m still a novice. I’d definitely say it is high on the difficulty scale, though after learning Japanese and still working on Russian, I can say that it’s nice to learn a language where I don’t have to learn a whole new alphabet 
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I can certainly relate to that !! However, I personally didn’t find the Cyrillic alphabet to all that much of a big deal. Yes, the printed forms and handwritten forms can be quite different, but other than that, not THAT big of a problem.
Can you actually read and write all of the Kanji ? If so, wow, that’s great ! I’m working my way through them, but it’s a tough job, and they’re hard to remember.
I’m sure that Finnish must be a real challenge too, being one of the few NON Indo-European languages in Europe…
My other working languages are French, Italian, Russian and German, reasonable Spanish and some degree of Polish. Languages are a handy skill !
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You have quite the list of languages! Honestly Cyrillic wasn’t that hard for me either, though I’m not a huge fan of the cursive. I can read/write all the kana, but I definitely don’t know all the Kanji. I used to spend a lot more time reading and writing it, but I’ve lost a lot. I can get by with it but I’m not completely fluent.
Good luck with your learning of the Kanji. It’s a lot of work, but it sounds like you are dedicated enough to do it!
Finnish is different but there are pieces of the puzzle that are familiar too. I’m excited to learn the language.
Czech republic
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Proud citizen of the Republic of Amsterdam
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Im from ENGLAND , UK
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Have you ever tried Wanikani ? That’s what I’m using to learn the Kanji.
I’m now on level 11… of 60 !
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I have not! 
there are so many great tools these days! I have a lot of books and a very thick Kanji dictionary that I excitedly brought home from a trip in 2008. A lot of my learning has been writing the Kanji out by hand for hours on end lol. I started studying Japanese in… Hm…maybe 2001. We didn’t have all the amazing tools that are available today. I’m definitely going to check Wanikani out. Thank you for the recommendation. And hey, level 11 is better than level 1. Shows that you are making progress.
I’ve just hit level 12 today !
If you want to try Wanikani, which I recommend that you do, the first three levels are free, so there’s no harm trying it. There are also some useful “add-ins”, but we can talk about those at a later time.
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Full Irish here
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Congratulations! I’ll definitely give it a try. I also know some people who might find it helpful as well and I’ll pass it on to them too. 
Allo Danke 
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Only Nothing else.
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