{"id":4959,"date":"2009-11-09T12:37:49","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T11:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?page_id=4959"},"modified":"2011-12-08T14:49:14","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T13:49:14","slug":"uralic-language-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/uralic-language-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Uralic or Finno-Ugrian Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Information about the Uralic languages<\/h4>\n

Where are the Uralic languages spoken?<\/h5>\n

These languages are spoken in Eastern and Northern Europe: in the Baltic countries, Scandinavia, Hungary, in the central and northern European part of Russia, and northern Siberia in the Asian part of Russia.<\/p>\n

Map of Uralic languages:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/8\/87\/Uralic-Yukaghir.png<\/a><\/p>\n

Total number of speakers (estimated):<\/h5>\n

Approximately 25 000 000<\/p>\n

Classification<\/p>\n

The Uralic language family includes 33 or 34 active languages depending on the source, but some are very close to extinction.<\/p>\n

For a more readable version:<\/p>\n

Download the Uralic languages tree (in French)<\/a><\/p>\n

Samoyed Languages<\/span><\/p>\n

North Branch<\/p>\n

Enets:<\/strong> close to extinction<\/p>\n

Nenets<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nganasan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yur\u00e8tse<\/strong>: probably extinct<\/p>\n

South Branch<\/p>\n

Kamassian<\/strong> (alternate name: Kamas<\/em>): extinct<\/p>\n

Mator<\/strong> (alternate name: Motor<\/em>): extinct<\/p>\n

Selkup (<\/strong>alternate name: Samoyed Ostyak<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Finno-Ugric Languages<\/span><\/p>\n

Ugric languages<\/p>\n

Hungarian<\/strong> (alternate name: Magyar<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Ob-Ugric branch<\/p>\n

Khanty<\/strong> (alternate name: Ostyak<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Mansi<\/strong> (alternate name: Vogul<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Finno-Permic<\/p>\n

Permic languages<\/p>\n

Komi <\/strong>(alternate name: Zyrian)<\/p>\n

Komi-Permyak<\/strong><\/p>\n

Udmurt<\/strong> (alternate name: Votyak)<\/p>\n

Finno-Volgaic languages<\/p>\n

Mari<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mordvinic branch<\/p>\n

Erzya<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moksha<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finno-Lapic branch<\/p>\n

Sami Languages<\/a><\/p>\n

Western Sami Group<\/p>\n

Southern Sami<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ume Sami<\/strong>: close to extinction<\/p>\n

Lule Sami<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pite Sami:<\/strong> close to extinction<\/p>\n

Northern Sami<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eastern Sami Group<\/p>\n

Kainuu Sami:<\/strong> extinct<\/p>\n

Kemi Sam<\/strong>i<\/strong>: extinct<\/p>\n

Inari Sami<\/strong><\/p>\n

Akkala Sami<\/strong>: probably extinct<\/p>\n

Kildin Sami<\/strong><\/p>\n

Skolt Sami<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ter Sami:<\/strong> close to extinction<\/p>\n

Balto-Finnic languages<\/p>\n

Finnish<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ingrian<\/strong> (alternate name: Izhorian<\/em>) close to extinction<\/p>\n

Livonian<\/strong>: close to extinction<\/p>\n

Veps<\/strong>: close to extinction<\/p>\n

Votic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Estonian Branch<\/p>\n

Standard Estonian<\/strong><\/p>\n

Southern Estonian<\/strong><\/p>\n

V\u00f5ro<\/strong><\/p>\n

Karelian Branch<\/p>\n

Karelian<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lude<\/strong><\/p>\n

Olonets<\/strong> (alternate name: Liwi<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Comments on the classification of Uralic languages:<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Uralic languages take their name from one of the theories concerning the place of origin of Proto-Uralic. But there are several competing theories concerning the origin of these languages.<\/p>\n

There have been many attempts to link this family to other language families like Altaic, Eskimo-Aleut, or even Dravidian, but all of these proposals are controversial at best. The proposal to include the Siberian isolate Youghakir is often regarded as promising but is not yet sufficiently proven.<\/p>\n

The internal classification is broadly agreed. Concerning the Estonian branch, however, Standard Estonian is a standardized form of the former Northern Estonian. With this standardization the Southern Estonian dialects were overwhelmed and subsequently declined. Since the independence of Estonia in 1991, there has been a movement to revitalize Southern Estonian which led to the creation of a modern form of V\u00f5ro<\/strong> which is the dialect of Southern Estonian furthest from Standard Estonian, as well as the establishment of literature in V\u00f5ro<\/strong>. This revitalization and standardization of V\u00f5ro<\/strong> has been joined by political demands for regional autonomy in southern Estonia. The question of whether V\u00f5ro <\/strong>should be considered an independant language or a variant of Estonian is a complex issue that we do not attempt to decide here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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