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Finno-Ugric
[ fin-oh-oo-grik, -yoo- ]
noun
- the major branch of the Uralic family of languages, subdivided into Finnic, which includes Finnish and Estonian, and Ugric, which includes Hungarian.
adjective
- of or relating to these languages.
Finno-Ugric
/ ˈfɪnəʊˈuËÉ¡rɪk; -ˈjuË- /
noun
- a family of languages spoken in Scandinavia, Hungary, and NE Europe, including Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Ostyak, and Vogul: generally regarded as a subfamily of Uralic See also Ural-Altaic
adjective
- of, relating to, speaking, or belonging to this family of languages
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of Finno-Ugric1
Example Sentences
Small and landlocked, it has a baffling Finno-Ugric language few outsiders master.
Local experts believe Finns are attracted to Latin due to its grammar and that it’s pronounced much like it is written – a clear similarity to Finnish, a Finno-Ugric language that has no relation to Latin.
By contrast, all of Europe has just 4 language families—Indo-European, Finno-Ugric, Basque, and Turkic—with the great majority of Europeans speaking an Indo-European tongue.
Both were related to the Finns, spoke Finno-Ugric languages, and had received a modified Cyrillic written language from Russian missionaries in the nineteenth century.
Small-town Hungary seemed a bigger challenge: Hungarians are supposedly reserved and formal; I certainly don’t speak their Finno-Ugric tongue; and my looks don’t attract attention.
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