Finno-Ugric

American  

[fin-oh-oo-grik, -yoo-] / ˌfɪn oʊˈu grɪk, -ˈyu- /

noun

1. the major branch of the Uralic family of languages, subdivided into Finnic, which includes Finnish and Estonian, and Ugric, which includes Hungarian.

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adjective

1. of or relating to these languages.

Finno-Ugric British  

/ ˈfɪnəʊˈuːɡrɪk, -ˈjuː- /

noun

1. 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

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adjective

1. of, relating to, speaking, or belonging to this family of languages

Etymology

Origin of Finno-Ugric

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

The linguist, Olga, communicates her discovery to a one-time fellow student who is now a professor at the University of Helsinki, Director of the Institute of Finno-Ugric languages.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2012

Mr. Salonen’s Finnish origins deliver an odd nonmusical connection: his language and Hungarian are part of the same Finno-Ugric group.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2011

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.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Finno-Ugric languages are generally considered as a division of the Ural-Altaic group, which consists of four families: Turkish, Mongol, Manchu and Finno-Ugric, including Samoyede unless it is reckoned separately as a fifth.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

For general linguistic questions may be consulted the works of Castr�n, Schott and Otto Donner, also such parts of the following as treat of Finno-Ugric languages: Byrne, Principles of the Structure of Language, vol. i.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various