The correct answer is 4. Finnish because it does not belong to the Indo-European language family. Instead, Finnish is part of the Uralic language family, which is different from the Indo-European group.
Here’s a breakdown of the options:
English – Belongs to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family.
German – Also a Germanic language within the Indo-European family.
Scandinavian languages (such as Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian) – These are North Germanic languages, also part of the Indo-European family.
Finnish – Not Indo-European; it belongs to the Uralic language family, which includes Estonian and Hungarian.
Finnish differs significantly in grammar, vocabulary, and structure from Indo-European languages. Hence, the correct answer is 4. Finnish.
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