- Uralic
- I. noun Date: 1861 a language family comprising the Finno-Ugric and Samoyed languages II. adjective Date: 1880 of, relating to, or constituting the Finno-Ugric and Samoyed languages
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Uralic — can refer to:* Uralic languages * Uralic peoples … Wikipedia
Uralic — [yo͞orā′lē ənyoo ral′ik, yoorā′lik] n. [ URAL + IC] a family of languages of N and E Europe and N Asia, consisting of the Finno Ugric languages and the Samoyed languages adj. designating or of these languages, the peoples that speak them, or… … English World dictionary
Uralic — /yoo ral ik/, n. 1. a family of languages that comprises Finno Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic. adj. 2. Also, Uralian. of or pertaining to Uralic. [1860 65; URAL + IC] * * * … Universalium
Uralic — Uralian U*ra li*an, Uralic U*ral ic, a. Of or relating to the Ural Mountains. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Uralic — adjective Pertaining to the Finno Ugric and Samoyedic peoples, whose Urheimat was the Ural Mountains, or to their languages, which constitute a language family, the Uralic languages … Wiktionary
Uralic — [jʊ ralɪk] adjective 1》 relating to or denoting a family of languages which comprises the Finno Ugric and Samoyedic groups. 2》 relating to the Ural Mountains or surrounding areas. noun the Uralic languages collectively … English new terms dictionary
Uralic — U•ral•ic [[t]yʊˈræl ɪk[/t]] n. 1) peo a family of languages spoken in E and N Europe and W Siberia, having as branches Finno Ugric and Samoyedic 2) peo of or pertaining to Uralic or its speakers • Etymology: 1860–65 … From formal English to slang
Uralic — noun a family of Ural Altaic languages • Syn: ↑Uralic language • Hypernyms: ↑Ural Altaic • Hyponyms: ↑Finno Ugric, ↑Finno Ugrian, ↑Lappic, ↑Lappish, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Uralic-Yukaghir languages — Uralic Yukaghir (or Uralo Yukaghir) is a proposed language family composed of Uralic and Yukaghir.Uralic is a large and diverse language family. Some of the languages it includes are Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian. Uralic is subdivided into two … Wikipedia
Uralic languages — Family of more than 30 languages spoken by some 25 million people in central and northern Eurasia. A primary division is between the Finno Ugric languages, which account for most of the languages and speakers, and the Samoyedic languages. The… … Universalium
Uralic languages — Infobox Language family name=Uralic region=Eastern and Northern Europe, North Asia familycolor=Uralic family=A number of proposals linking Uralic to other language families have been made, such as Indo Uralic and Nostratic, all currently… … Wikipedia
