Finno-Ugric loans show us exactly what sounds PIIr had at the time. From Wordnik.com. [Reinterpreting the Proto-Indo-European velar series] Reference
The Sami dialects are Finno-Ugric, with borrowings from Norse and even from Latin and Greek. From Wordnik.com. [One People In Four Countries: Part I] Reference
Glen, words borrowed between Indo-Iranian & Finno-Ugric c.2500 BC don't say much on PIE, only on I-I. From Wordnik.com. [The Kurgan Hypothesis is... hypothetical] Reference
I didn't read the whole thing, but I trust that the Finno-Ugric link to Dravidian has not been questioned. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: "PARADIGM SHIFTS" IN LINGUISTICS.] Reference
The English equivalents of those exotic Finno-Ugric cases are mostly recreated through humble prepositions. From Wordnik.com. [2009 October « Motivated Grammar] Reference
And indeed, if Finno-Ugric is just a theoretical construct - why not talk about Euro-languages instead?. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: "PARADIGM SHIFTS" IN LINGUISTICS.] Reference
Saami languages, being of the Finno-Ugric family, are agglutinative, creating words by linear concatenation of morphemes. From Wordnik.com. [As ice thaws, critical analysis of soundbites dwindles] Reference
Their language harks backs to Finno-Ugric origins, which makes Hungarian more alien to neighboring Slovak, for instance, than Slovak is to English or Persian. From Wordnik.com. [Duels in the Sunshine] Reference
Neo-Darwinism predicted that random mutations would pile up until the genes of mice and men were as different as, say, the Finno-Ugric and the English languages. From Wordnik.com. [About 'What Darwin Got Wrong'] Reference
The Genetic index of languages goes from Maltese (Afro-Asiatic) to Moksha (Finno-Ugric), the Alphabetic index from Abaza to Yiddish; all language pages are pdf files. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: ALPHABETS OF EUROPE.] Reference
On a whole, Indo-European must be in a position to be accessible to the northern shores of the Caspian Sea nb. the words borrowed between Indo-Iranian and Finno-Ugric languages c. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
“Strange syllabic hoofbeats” is all very well, and I am as fond of the adjective “Finno-Ugric” as the next person, but “arrest with my ear” is classic historical-novel-speak. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference
Compared to a Finno-Ugric language like Estonian or Hungarian, which has tons of cases with exotic names like the inessive, superessive, ablative, translative, and exessive, English seems as poor as a pauper on payday. From Wordnik.com. [2009 October « Motivated Grammar] Reference
Finno-Ugric tribe that has been almost entirely assimilated by Slavs. From Wordnik.com. [Variety.com] Reference
Finno-Ugric nations in Russia (www. finnougoria.ru/periodika/20810/). From Wordnik.com. [www.kyivpost.com: News] Reference
Later a committee was founded for Finno-Ugric affairs with headquarters in. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Estonians belong to the Balto-Finnic group of the Finno-Ugric peoples, as do the Finns and the Hungarians. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Then there are the languages of Finland and Hungary, which are hypothesized to be of a broader Finno-Ugric family. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Hungary has unveiled its culture office in Russia's Volga republic of Udmurtia, which shares the same Finno-Ugric language group. From Wordnik.com. [RIA Novosti] Reference
But, alas, not so. is a member of the Finno-Ugric language family and is typologically between fusional and agglutinative languages. From Wordnik.com. [Ecstatic Days] Reference
In your descriptions of Hungary ( "Finno-Ugric") and Romania ( "Latin"), you didn't mention that Romania is predominately Orthodox-Christian. From Wordnik.com. [Russia Blog] Reference
"It would be better for Russia," he argues, "if they readopt their lost Finno-Ugric languages and reconnect with their kin peoples in Suomi and Eesti.". From Wordnik.com. [Itching for Eestimaa] Reference
Tatar folk music has rhythmic peculiarities and pentatonic intonation in common with nations of the Volga area, who are ethnically Finno-Ugric and Turkic. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Finnish and Lappish -- the language of Finland's small Lapp minority -- both are Finno-Ugric languages and are in the Uralic rather than the Indo-European family. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
In fact, Finnish language is a member of the Baltic-Finnic subgroup of the Finno-Ugric group of languages, which in turn is a member of the Uralic family of languages. From Wordnik.com. [Chinalyst - China blogs in English] Reference
Some say this is a Finno-Ugric trait. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Diel: And Nice to Meet You, too] Reference
` jade'-whether the stone or the animal is not stated, though Scots yad, yade, and yaud mean 'mare' (from Old Norse jalda 'mare,' of Finno-Ugric origin). From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4] Reference
A Finno-Ugric language for all you care. From Wordnik.com. [confused of calcutta] Reference
Label (s): Finno-Ugric, Language, Personal, Uralic. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
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