Finnic languages

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Finnic languages is a language group including Baltic-Finnic languages and Volga-Finnic languages. The term Finnic is also used to describe the speakers of formerly called Finno-Lappic[1] [2] languages, nowadays denoted as the Sami languages and the Finno-Permic languages of Komi (Komi Zyryan), Komi Permyak, and Udmurt (Votyak). The Finnic division of the groups: Baltic-Finnic, Volga-Finnic, Permic and Sami together with the Ugric division of Hungarian and the Ob-Ugric languages Mansi (Vogul) and Khanty (Ostyak) make the Finno-Ugric group of the Uralic language family.[3]

The major modern representatives of Baltic Finnic languages are Finnish and Estonian.[4] The Volga Finnic languages are Mari or Cheremis spoken in Mari El Republic, the Moksha and the Erzya spoken in the Republic of Mordovia of the Russian Federation

Interpretation of grouping the Finnic languages can vary among different scholars. The following proposals for classification are listed by Ruhlen (1987): [5] and by Angela Marcantonio in 2002 [6]

Finnic languages by
Collinder, 1965		 Finnic languages by
Austerlitz 1968		 Finnic languages by
Sauvageot & Menges 1973		 Finnic languages by
Harms 1974		 Finnic languages by
Vogelin & Vogelin 1977
v • d • e
Finno-Ugric Languages
Baltic-Finnic
Finno-Volgaic
Mari · Erzya · Moksha · Merya † · Meshcherian † · Muromian †
Permic
Sami
Ugric
Note
† denotes extinct

[edit] References

  1. ^ Finno-Lappic at Google Books
  2. ^ Finno-Lappicat Google Scholar
  3. ^ concise.britannica
  4. ^ Finnic Peoples at Encyclopædia Britannica
  5. ^ Merritt Ruhlen (1987) "A Guide to the World's Languages: Volume I, Classification", Stanford University Press, ISBN 0-8047-1250-6, p. 69
  6. ^ The Uralic Language Family: Facts, Myths and Statistics; By Angela Marcantonio; p57; ISBN 0631231706