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Uralic

[ yoo-ral-ik ]

noun

  1. a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.


adjective

  1. Also of or relating to Uralic.

Uralic

/ jʊˈreɪlɪən; jʊˈrælɪk /

noun

  1. a superfamily of languages consisting of the Finno-Ugric family together with Samoyed See also Ural-Altaic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. of or relating to these languages
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Uralic1

First recorded in 1860–65; Ural + -ic
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Example Sentences

People with genetic ancestry from the British Isles, the eastern Baltic, and “Uralic” ancestry from Siberia appear in different parts of Scandinavia.

Finland, which has a famously difficult Uralic language in which words with three umlauts are not uncommon, prides itself on the beauty of its forests and lakes, though Norway is better known for spectacular topography, including fjords, waterfalls and glaciers.

Finland, which has a famously difficult Uralic language in which words with three umlauts are not uncommon, prides itself on the beauty of its forests and lakes, although Norway is better known for spectacular topography, including fjords, waterfalls and glaciers.

The great majority of Europeans speak languages belonging to the Indo-European family, which includes such diverse tongues as German, Greek, Spanish, and French; a smaller number speak Uralic languages like Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian.

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.

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