| Finno-Permic
Finnic
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| Geographic distribution: |
Northern Fennoscandia, Baltic states, Southwestern, Southeastern, and Ural region of Russia |
| Genetic classification: |
Uralic Finno-Ugric Finno-Permic |
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| ISO 639-2 and 639-5: | fiu |
The Finno-Permic languages (also Finno-Permian) are a subgrouping of the Uralic languages that comprises the Baltic-Finnic languages, Sami languages, Mordvinic languages, Mari language, Permic languages, and likely a number of extinct languages. In the traditional taxonomy of the Uralic languages, Finno-Permic is estimated to have split from Finno-Ugric around 2500 - 3000 BC, and branched into Permic languages and Finno-Volgaic languages around 2000 BC. [1]
The term Finnic languages has often been used to designate all the Finno-Permic languages, based on an earlier belief that Permic languages would be much more closer related to the Baltic Finnic languages than to the Ugric languages. [1] Nowadays this is questioned, as is the validity of the group as a taxonomical entity. [2]
Interpretation of grouping the Finnic/Finno-Permic languages can vary among different scholars. The following proposals for classification are listed by Ruhlen (1987): [3] and by Angela Marcantonio in 2002 [4]
| Finnic/Finno-Permic languages by Collinder, 1965 |
Finnic/Finno-Permic languages by Austerlitz 1968 |
Finnic/Finno-Permic languages by Sauvageot & Menges 1973 |
Finnic/Finno-Permic languages by Harms 1974 |
Finnic/Finno-Permic languages by Vogelin & Vogelin 1977 |
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Notes
- ^ a b The Finno-Ugric republics and the Russian state By Rein Taagepera; ISBN 0415919770 p.32-33
- ^ Salminen, Tapani (2002): Problems in the taxonomy of the Uralic languages in the light of modern comparative studies
- ^ Merritt Ruhlen (1987) "A Guide to the World's Languages: Volume I, Classification", Stanford University Press, ISBN 0-8047-1250-6, p. 69
- ^ The Uralic Language Family: Facts, Myths and Statistics; By Angela Marcantonio; p57; ISBN 0631231706
References
- Abondolo, Daniel (ed., 1998), The Uralic Languages, London and New York, ISBN 0-415-08198-X.
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