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Uralic languages

The Uralic languages (/jʊəˈrælɪk/ yoor-AL-ik), sometimes called the Uralian languages (/jʊəˈreɪliən/ yoor-AY-lee-ən), are spoken predominantly in Europe and North Asia. The Uralic languages with the most native speakers are Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian. Other languages with over 100,000 speakers are Erzya, Moksha, Mari, Udmurt, and Komi spoken in…

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History of Uralic linguistics

TacitusGermaniaFenniSámiIyrcae
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Homeland

Proto-Uralic languageYeniseian language familyVolgaUrheimatIndo-European languages
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Typology

SuffixesNasal consonantsSuperessiveEssiveInessive
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Proposed relations with other language families

Uralic–YukaghirYukaghirEskimo–UralicEskimo–Aleut languagesBergsland
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Ethnicity
Uralic people
Geographic distribution
Central Europe, Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, and Northern Asia
Glottolog
ural1272
ISO 639-5
urj
Linguistic classification
One of the world's primary language families
Native speakers
est. 21.3 million

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Uralic languages

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Uralic languages

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related to Uralic studies · 50
Uralic languages → All, Asia, Bengt Skytte, Cosimo III, Das Nord, Eastern Parts, Eckhart, Estonian, Europa, Europe, Finnish, Finno-Ugric, Fogel's, Georg Stiernhielm, German, Gottfried Leibniz, Hungarian, Hungarian Jesuit János Sajnovics, Hungarian Sámuel Gyarmathi, In
related to Further reading · 46
Uralic languages → Abstracts, Alexander Bergs, Bakró-Nagy, Bianca Elena, Birgit Anette Olsen, Contacts, Copenhagen Studies, Development, Early Contacts, Elly, Europe, European Languages, External Causes, French, Gelderen, Helsinki, Holopainen, In Nikolaos Lavidas, In Robert Mailhammer, Indo-European
related to Phonology · 36
Uralic languages → Although, Baltic-Finnic, Eastern Khanty, Erzya, Estonian, Finnic, For, Germanic, Hungarian, In, It, Kihnu Island, Komi-Permyak, Lack, Large, Mari, Mordvinic, Nganasan, North Estonian, Original Uralic
related to Grammar · 31
Uralic languages → As, At, Erzya, Erzyan, Estonian, Finnish, For, Hungarian, In Finnish, Inari Sámi, Komi, Livonian, Mansi, Many, Minulla, Nekem, Nenets, Northern Sámi, Ob-Ugric, Possessions
related to Honkola, et al. (2013) · 13
Uralic languages → Erzya, Estimated, Finnic, Finno-SamicSámi, Honkola, HungarianOb-Ugric, KhantyMansiFinno-Permic, Mordvinic, PermianUdmurtKomiFinno-VolgaicMari, SamoyedicFinno-Ugric, Ugric, Uralic, YBP
related to Uralo-Dravidian · 12
Uralic languages → Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Dravidian, Indo-Uralic, Kamil Zvelebil, Mikhail Andronov, Robert Caldwell, Stefan Georg, The, This, Thomas Burrow, Uralic, Uralo-Yukaghir
related to Other comparisons · 10
Uralic languages → Finnish, Finno-BasqueHungarian-EtruscanSino-Uralic, Hungarian, Minoan-UralicAlternative, Na-Dené, Sino-Tibetan, These, Ugrian, Uralic, Various
Subdivisions · 9
Uralic languages → Finnic, Hungarian, Khanty (Khantyic), Mansi (Mansic), Mari, Mordvinic, Permic, Samoyedic, Sámi
related to Comparison · 8
Uralic languages → All, Article, Comparison, English, Human Rights, They, Universal Declaration, Uralic
related to Traditional classification · 7
Uralic languages → All Uralic, Doubts, It, Otto Donner's, Proto-Uralic, The, Uralic

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uralic languages hungarian finnish sámi samoyedic language family estonian finno-ugric also northern mari khanty mansi first proposed proto-uralic mordvinic ugric

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Uralic languagesEthnicityUralic people1.00infobox
Uralic languagesGeographic distributionCentral Europe, Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, and Northern Asia1.00infobox
Uralic languagesGlottologural12721.00infobox
Uralic languagesISO 639-5urj1.00infobox
Uralic languagesLinguistic classificationOne of the world's primary language families1.00infobox
Uralic languagesNative speakersest. 21.3 million1.00infobox
Uralic languagesProto-languageProto-Uralic1.00infobox
Uralic languagesSubdivisionsSámi1.00infobox
Uralic languagesSubdivisionsFinnic1.00infobox
Uralic languagesSubdivisionsMordvinic1.00infobox
Uralic languagesSubdivisionsMari1.00infobox
Uralic languagesSubdivisionsPermic1.00infobox
Uralic languagesSubdivisionsHungarian1.00infobox
Uralic languagesSubdivisionsMansi (Mansic)1.00infobox
Uralic languagesSubdivisionsKhanty (Khantyic)1.00infobox
Uralic languagesSubdivisionsSamoyedic1.00infobox

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