Finnic languages
| Balto-Finnic | |
|---|---|
| Finnic | |
| Ethnicity: | (Balto-)Finnic |
| Geographic distribution: | Northern Fennoscandia, Estonia, Northwestern Russia, Latvia (extinct) |
| Linguistic classification: | Uralic
|
| Proto-language: | Proto-Finnic |
| Subdivisions: |
Eastern Estonian–Votic
Livonian (extinct)
South Estonian
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The Balto-Finnic, or often simply Finnic, languages are a branch of Uralic languages. They are spoken in Northeastern Europe around the Baltic Sea, mainly in Finland, Estonia, and Northwestern Russia. The main two languages in the branch are Estonian and Finnish.[1][2]
References
- ↑ "The languages of Europe". Encyclopedia of European peoples. Vol. 1. Infobase Publishing. 2006. p. 888. ISBN 9781438129181.
- ↑ Ruhlen, Merritt (1991). "Uralic-Yukaghir". A Guide to the World's Languages: Classification. Stanford University Press. p. 69. ISBN 0-8047-1894-6.