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The concept of soul dualism, which is widely attested among Uralic-speaking peoples, probably dates back to the Proto-Uralic period: the word * wajŋi (‘breath-soul') designated the soul bound to the living body, which only left it at the moment of death, whereas * eśi (or * iśi, * ićći) referred to the 'shadow-soul', believed to be able ...
The modern Merya people have their websites displaying their flag, coat of arms and national anthem, and participate in discussions on the subject in Finno-Ugric networks. 2010 saw the release of the film Ovsyanki (literal translation: 'The Buntings ', English title: Silent Souls ), based on the novel of the same name, [25] devoted to the ...
Indo-Uralic is a controversial language family consisting of Indo-European and Uralic. [2] The suggestion of a genetic relationship between Indo-European and Uralic is often credited to the Danish linguist Vilhelm Thomsen in 1869 (Pedersen 1931:336), though an even earlier version was proposed by Finnish linguist Daniel Europaeus in 1853 and ...
Pre-Finno-Ugric substrate refers to substratum loanwords from unidentified non- Indo-European and non- Uralic languages that are found in various Finno-Ugric languages, most notably Sami. The presence of Pre-Finno-Ugric substrate in Sami languages was demonstrated by Ante Aikio. [1] Janne Saarikivi [ fi] points out that similar substrate words ...
IFUSCO was created in 1984 in Göttingen by local students of Finno-Ugric studies, to facilitate contact between other students. The conference was initially a small gathering that mainly served as a forum and as a way of exchanging information. The first IFUSCO had 26 participants from the Netherlands ( Groningen) and Germany (Göttingen ...
The Uralic Phonetic Alphabet ( UPA) or Finno-Ugric transcription system is a phonetic transcription or notational system used predominantly for the transcription and reconstruction of Uralic languages. It was first published in 1901 by Eemil Nestor Setälä, a Finnish linguist.
Subdivisions: Ugric (Ugrian) Finno-Permic (Permian-Finnic) ISO 639-2 and 639-5: fiu. Finno-Ugric ( IPA: /ˌfɪnoʊˈjuːɡrɪk/) is a group of languages in the Uralic language family, comprising Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian and related languages. It comprises the Finno-Permic and Ugric language families.