Uralic

American

[yoo-ral-ik] / yʊˈræl ɪk /

noun

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

adjective

Also of or relating to Uralic.

Uralic British

/ jʊˈreɪlɪən, jʊˈrælɪk /

noun

a superfamily of languages consisting of the Finno-Ugric family together with Samoyed See also Ural-Altaic

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adjective

of or relating to these languages

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Etymology

Origin of Uralic

First recorded in 1860–65; Ural + -ic

Example Sentences

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While much of their history is still debated, these various tribes of the steppes provided the origins for a great number of Turkic, Iranian, Mongolic, Uralic, Tibeto-Burman, and multiethnic peoples today.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

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

It is generally supposed that the original seat of the Finnic tribes was in the Ural mountains, and their languages have been therefore called Uralic.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

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