Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also, Finns speak a Finnish, a Finno-Ugric language, which is said to be really easy to learn. It's phonetic, and technical words tend to be built out of simple Finnish words, not a weird mash of Latin, Greek, and other words. This makes it easy to do sciences, as you don't have to teach as much wacky vocabulary. (Note, I don't speak Finish, this is just what I've read). I've also heard that Lithuanians (who also spe…
The only part of education where the language matters is when it comes to spelling, and the key factor there is the distance between the spoken language and the written language. In Finnish, these are close, i.e. words are spelled "as they sound", the rules are simple and consistent and there are few special cases, and as a result Finnish children have a much easier time learning how to spell compared to Danish or En…
There's one example of the derivation:
'kirja' - 'book'
'kirjailija' - 'writer'
'kirjailla' - 'to embroider'
'kirjailu' - 'embroidery'
'kirjaimellinen' - 'literal'
'kirjaimellisesti' - 'literally'
'kirjaimisto' - 'alphabet'
'kirjain' - 'letter' (of the alphabet)
'kirjallinen' - 'written; literary'
'kirjallisuus' - 'literature'
'kirjaltaja' - 'typographer'
'kirjanen' - 'booklet'
'kirjasin' - 'font' (in typography)
'kirjasto' - 'library'
'kirjata' - 'to write down, to make a note of'
'kirje' - 'letter' (document)
'kirjeellinen' - 'by letter' (adj.)
'kirjelmä' - 'letter, note, message'
'kirjelmöidä' - 'to complain (by means of writing)'
'kirjoitella' - 'to write' (now and then)
'kirjoittaa' - 'to write'
'kirjoittaja' - 'writer' (person who performs a writing work)
'kirjoittaminen' - 'writing' (action)
'kirjoittautua' - 'to get enrolled, to log in'
'kirjoittelu' - 'writing' (now and then)
'kirjoitus' - 'writing' (result)
'kirjoituttaa' - 'to have ... written' (factitive of 'kirjoittaa')
'kirjuri' - 'scribe'