Finnic languages
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The term Finnic languages often means the Baltic-Finnic languages
, an undisputed branch of the Uralic languages
. However, it is also commonly used to mean the Finno-Permic languages
, a hypothetical intermediate branch that includes Baltic Finnic, or the more disputed Finno-Volgaic languages
.
Baltic-Finnic languages
The Finnic or Baltic Finnic languages are a branch of the Uralic language family spoken around the Baltic Sea by about 7 million people....
, an undisputed branch of the Uralic languages
Uralic languages
The Uralic languages constitute a language family of some three dozen languages spoken by approximately 25 million people. The healthiest Uralic languages in terms of the number of native speakers are Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, Mari and Udmurt...
. However, it is also commonly used to mean the Finno-Permic languages
Finno-Permic languages
The Finno-Permic languages are a traditional but disputed ,group of the Uralic languages that comprises the Baltic-Finnic languages, Sami languages, Mordvinic languages, Mari language, Permic languages, and likely a number of extinct languages...
, a hypothetical intermediate branch that includes Baltic Finnic, or the more disputed Finno-Volgaic languages
Finno-Volgaic languages
Finno-Volgaic or Fenno-Volgaic is a defunct hypothesis of a subgrouping of the Uralic languages that tried to group the Finnic languages, Sami languages, Mordvinic languages and the Mari language...
.