Uralic languages
The Uralic languages are a language family. They were originally spoken in Eastern Europe and Asia but originated somewhere in eastern Siberia, near Lake Baikal.
| Uralic | |
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| Geographic distribution: | Eastern and Northern Europe, North Asia, Siberia |
| Linguistic classification: | One of the world's major language families (possibly Uralo-Siberian family) |
| Proto-language: | Proto-Uralic |
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| ISO 639-5: | urj |
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There are two modern main kinds: the Samoyedic languages and the Finno-Ugric languages.
Origin
The Proto-Uralic languages and the early Uralic people originated somewhere in eastern Siberia or possibly Northeast Asia. They were closely related to other Siberian and East Asians but also to the Inuit. They migrated into central Siberia and then about 3,000 years ago started to migrate to the Baltic region, in Northeastern Europe. They assimilated many Paleo-European tribes.[1][2] Genetic and anthropologic studies show that the early Uralic people were similar to various Siberian and East Asian people.[3][4]
External relations
Several linguists and geneticists suggest that the Uralic languages are related to various Siberian languages and possibly also some languages of northern Native Americans. A proposed family is named Uralo-Siberian. It includes Uralic, Yukaghir, Eskimo–Aleut (Inuit) and possibly Nivkh and Chukotko-Kamchatkan.[5]
List of Uralic languages
Uralic Languages Media
- Uralic languages in the Russian Empire (1897).svg
Uralic languages in the Russian Empire (Russian census of 1897; the census was not held in Finland because it was an autonomous area)
References
- ↑ Janhunen, Juha (2009). ""Proto-Uralic—what, where and when?" (PDF).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 630: attempt to index field 'known_free_doi_registrants_t' (a nil value).
- ↑ Tambets, Kristiina; Yunusbayev, Bayazit; Hudjashov, Georgi; Ilumäe, Anne-Mai; Rootsi, Siiri; Honkola, Terhi; Vesakoski, Outi; Atkinson, Quentin; Skoglund, Pontus (2018-09-21). "Genes reveal traces of common recent demographic history for most of the Uralic-speaking populations". Genome Biology. 19 (1): 139. doi:10.1186/s13059-018-1522-1. ISSN 1474-760X. PMC 6151024. PMID 30241495.
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 630: attempt to index field 'known_free_doi_registrants_t' (a nil value).
- ↑ "Indigenous Languages of Siberia: An Overview". Languages Of The World. 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
Other weblinks
- "Early Indo-Iranic loans in Uralic: Sounds and strata" (PDF). Martin Joachim Kümmel, University of Jena. Seminar for Indo-European Studies.
