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Proto-Finnic or Proto-Baltic-Finnic is the common ancestor of the Finnic languages, which include the national languages Finnish and Estonian. Proto-Finnic is not attested in any texts, but has been reconstructed by linguists. Proto-Finnic is itself descended ultimately from Proto-Uralic .
Finnic; Baltic Finnic, Balto-Finnic: Ethnicity: Balto-Finnic peoples: Geographic distribution: Fennoscandia, Estonia, Latvia, Northwestern Russia: Linguistic classification: Uralic. Finnic; Proto-language: Proto-Finnic: Subdivisions: Northern Finnic (North/Standard) Estonian; Eastern Estonian–Votic; Livonian; Glottolog: finn1317
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Attempts at reconstructing a Proto-Finno-Ugric proto-language, a common ancestor of all Uralic languages except for the Samoyedic languages, are largely indistinguishable from Proto-Uralic, suggesting that Finno-Ugric might not be a historical grouping but a geographical one, with Samoyedic being distinct by lexical borrowing rather than ...
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The Finno-Samic languages (also known as Finno-Saamic, Finno-Lappic, Fenno-Saamic, or Saamic–Fennic) are a hypothetical subgroup of the Uralic family, and are made up of 22 languages classified into either the Sami languages, which are spoken by the Sami people who inhabit the Sápmi region of northern Fennoscandia, or Finnic languages, which inc...
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The Finno-Permic or Finno-Permian languages, sometimes just Finnic or Fennic languages, are a proposed subdivision of the Uralic languages which comprise the Balto-Finnic languages, Sámi languages, Mordvinic languages, Mari language, Permic languages and likely a number of extinct languages.
The Finnic or Fennic peoples, sometimes simply called Finns, are the nations who speak languages traditionally classified in the Finnic (now commonly Finno-Permic) language family, [disputed – discuss] and which are thought to have originated in the region of the Volga River.
Sep 28, 2022 · Proto-Finnic or Proto-Baltic-Finnic is the common ancestor of the Finnic languages, which include the national languages Finnish and Estonian. Proto-Finnic is not attested in any texts, but has been reconstructed by linguists. Proto-Finnic is itself descended ultimately from Proto-Uralic. proto-baltic-finnic proto-uralic proto-finnic. 1. Background