Baltic-Finnic

Definitions of Baltic-Finnic
  1. noun
    a group of Finnic languages including Finnish and Estonian
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    Livonian
    the Finnic language spoken by the people of Livonia in Estonia and Latvia
    Esthonian, Estonian
    the official language of Estonia; belongs to the Baltic-Finnic family of languages
    Carelian, Karelian
    a Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia
    Ludian
    a Baltic-Finnic language
    Finnish, Suomi
    the official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages
    Veps, Vepse, Vepsian
    a Finnic language spoken by the Veps
    Ingrian
    a Finnic language spoken by the Ingrian
    type of:
    Fennic, Finnic, Non-Ugric
    one of two branches of the Finno-Ugric languages; a family of languages including Finnish and Estonian (but not Hungarian)
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