A group of languages that, together with Samoyedic, make up the Uralic family, and are spoken in a broad swath from Siberia to Norway.
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finno-ugric
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for finno-ugric.
Editorial note
The non-Indo-European and non-Finno-Ugric Neolithic peoples of Europe disappeared under waves of IE and Finno-Ugric immigration everywhere (except possibly for the Basque).
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Quick take
A group of languages that, together with Samoyedic, make up the Uralic family, and are spoken in a broad swath from Siberia to Norway.
Meaning at a glance
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The Uralic languages as a whole.
Of or relating to Finno-Ugric languages.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for finno-ugric.
noun
A group of languages that, together with Samoyedic, make up the Uralic family, and are spoken in a broad swath from Siberia to Norway.
noun
The Uralic languages as a whole.
adjective
Of or relating to Finno-Ugric languages.
Example sentences
The non-Indo-European and non-Finno-Ugric Neolithic peoples of Europe disappeared under waves of IE and Finno-Ugric immigration everywhere (except possibly for the Basque).
That might be because it belongs to the Finno-Ugric family which are completely separate from the Indo-European languages.
Most authorities reject the concepts of aboriginal (or Thracian) in Slavonic, for Tatar and Finno-Ugric origin of the Bulgars.
However, from time immemorial, the Slavs lived there along with the Finno-Ugric peoples, and this territory was under Russia’s control.
Edit: In Finno-Ugric languages words later on in a sentence can completely change the meaning.
Even those still supporting it today mostly exclude the Finno-Ugric languages from the list, btw.
As a side note, though also Finno-Ugric then similarity in sound and appearance from Finnish or Estonian at least appears very far.
Like Finno-Ugric languages which have sort of a Yoda speech to them.
I looked it up and luu is Proto-Finno-Ugric, and one of the oldest words to stick around in the Finnish language.
The now Sami population at some point adopted a finno-ugric language.
In finno-ugric languages there is no prefixes and names change themselves.
To me, Finnish is the only interesting language in your list, due to not being related to the rest of the Nordic languages or Russian (Finno-Ugric).
Quote examples
While reading this yarn about the Varangians, the Mongols, and the "Finno-Ugric substrate," a modern, unhinged empire is writing its current bloody chapter in real time.
Well, enough of that, what I wanted to add was that (which is mentioned in the same article), re the claim: " The now Sami population at some point adopted a finno-ugric language.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use finno-ugric in a sentence?
The non-Indo-European and non-Finno-Ugric Neolithic peoples of Europe disappeared under waves of IE and Finno-Ugric immigration everywhere (except possibly for the Basque).
What does finno-ugric mean?
A group of languages that, together with Samoyedic, make up the Uralic family, and are spoken in a broad swath from Siberia to Norway.
What part of speech is finno-ugric?
finno-ugric is commonly used as noun, adjective.