Finnic

American  

[fin-ik] / ˈfɪn ɪk /

noun

1. a subdivision of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family that includes Finnish, Estonian, Sami, Mordvin, Udmurt, Mari, and Komi.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Finnic.

Finnic British  

/ ˈfɪnɪk /

noun

1. one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages, including Finnish and several languages of NE Europe Compare Ugric

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adjective

1. of or relating to this group of languages or to the Finns

Etymology

Origin of Finnic

First recorded in 1660–70; Finn + -ic

Example Sentences

Vepsian belongs to the Finnic group of the Uralic languages, and Quechua is a native South American language.The rap tactic was in use in India.

From BBC • May 30, 2012

There are the Basques of Biscay—Tartar-sprung or Turanian, Finnic or surviving aborigines, let philologists decide; at any rate, a race by themselves, distinct in dress and habit, in laws and language, from all the rest.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

The similarity between the Hungarian language and dialects of Finnic origin, spoken east of the Volga, is not a new discovery.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

These Voguls, together with Hungarians and Ostiakes, form the fourth and last branch of the Finnic family, the Ugric.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

The Basque is an agglutinative idiom, and must be placed, in a morphological point of view, between the Finnic family, which is simply incorporating, and the North American incorporating and polysynthetic families.

From Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language by Webster, Wentworth