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Finnic Languages (other)
Finnic or Fennic may refer to: * Finnic culture * Finnic languages in the wider sense ** Finnic languages in the narrower sense, i.e. the Baltic Finnic languages * Finnic peoples ** Baltic Finnic peoples, the Finnic peoples historically inhabiting the region around the Baltic Sea ** Volga Finns, the Finnic peoples historically inhabiting the Vogal basin * Finnic mythologies Finnic mythologies are the mythologies of the various Finnic peoples: *Finnish mythology Finnish mythology commonly refers of the folklore of Finnish paganism, of which a Finnish Neopaganism, modern revival is practiced by a small percentage of ..., the mythologies of the various Finnic peoples {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnic Culture (other)
Finnic culture may refer to: * Finnish culture, a combination of Finnic indigenous heritage with mainly Swedish cultural influence * Estonian culture The culture of Estonia combines an indigenous heritage, represented by the country's Finnic languages, Finnic national language Estonian language, Estonian, with Nordic countries, Nordic and German culture, German cultural aspects. Over the cen ..., a combination of Finnic indigenous heritage with mainly German cultural influence * Sami culture, the traditions and heritage of the Laplanders {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnic Languages (other)
Finnic languages, also known as Baltic Finnic languages, are a branch of the Uralic languages spoken around the Baltic Sea. Finnic or Fennic languages may also refer to: * Finno-Permic languages, a hypothetical major branch of the Uralic languages See also *Finnic peoples *Finno-Ugric languages Finno-Ugric () is a traditional linguistic grouping of all languages in the Uralic language family except for the Samoyedic languages. Its once commonly accepted status as a subfamily of Uralic is based on criteria formulated in the 19th centur ... * {{disambiguation Finno-Ugric peoples ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnic Languages
The Finnic or Baltic Finnic languages constitute a branch of the Uralic language family spoken around the Baltic Sea by the Baltic Finnic peoples. There are around 7 million speakers, who live mainly in Finland and Estonia. Traditionally, eight Finnic languages have been recognized. The major modern representatives of the family are Finnish language, Finnish and Estonian language, Estonian, the official languages of their respective nation states. ''ö'' after front-harmonic vowels. The lack of ''õ'' in these languages as an innovation rather than a retention has been proposed, and recently resurrected. Germanic loanwords found throughout Northern Finnic but absent in Southern are also abundant, and even several Baltic examples of this are known. Northern Finnic in turn divides into two main groups. The most Eastern Finnic group consists of the East Finnish dialects as well as Ingrian, Karelian and Veps; the proto-language of these was likely spoken in the vicinity of Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnic Peoples
The Finnic peoples, or simply Finns, are the nations who speak languages traditionally classified in the Finno-Permic languages, Finnic language family, and which are thought to have originated in the region of the Volga River. Currently, the largest Finnic peoples by population are the Finns (6 million), the Estonians (1 million), the Mordvins (800,000), the Mari people, Mari (570,000), the Udmurts (550,000), the Komi peoples, Komis (330,000) and the Sámi people, Sámi (100,000). The scope of the term "Finnic peoples" (or "Finns") varies by context. It can be as narrow as the Baltic Finns of Finland, Scandinavia, Estonia and Northwest Russia. In Russian academic literature, the term typically comprises the Baltic Finns and the Volga Finns, the indigenous peoples living near the Volga and Kama Rivers; the Perm Finns are sometimes distinguished as a third group. These eastern groups include the Finnic peoples of the Komi-Permyak Okrug and the four Russian republics of Komi Repub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltic Finnic Peoples
The Baltic Finnic peoples, often simply referred to as the Finnic peoples, are the peoples inhabiting the Baltic Sea region in Northern Europe, Northern and Eastern Europe who speak Finnic languages. They include the Finns, Estonians (including Võros and Setos), Karelians (including Ludic language, Ludes and Livvi-Karelian language, Livvi), Vepsians, Veps, Izhorians, Votians, Votes, and Livonians. In some cases the Kvens, Ingrian Finns, Ingrians, Tornedalians and speakers of Meänkieli are considered separate from the Finns. The bulk of the Finnic peoples (more than 98%) are ethnic Finns and Estonians, who reside in the two independent Finnic nation states—Finland and Estonia. Finnic peoples are also significant minority groups in neighbouring countries of Finns in Sweden, Sweden, Norway and Russia, especially Karelia. Theories of origin According to the "Migration Theory" that was based primarily on comparative linguistics, the proto-Finns migrated from an ancient homeland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volga Finns
The Volga Finns are a historical group of peoples living in the vicinity of the Volga, who speak Uralic languages. Their modern representatives are the Mari people, the Erzya and the Moksha (commonly grouped together as Mordvins) as well as speakers of the extinct Merya, Muromian and Meshchera languages. The modern representatives of Volga Finns live in the basins of the Sura and Moksha rivers, as well as (in smaller numbers) in the interfluve between the Volga and the Belaya rivers. The Mari language has two dialects, the Meadow Mari and the Hill Mari. Traditionally the Mari and the Mordvinic languages ( Erzya and Moksha) were considered to form a ''Volga-Finnic'' or ''Volgaic'' group within the Uralic language family, accepted by linguists like Robert Austerlitz (1968), Aurélien Sauvageot & Karl Heinrich Menges (1973) and Harald Haarmann (1974), but rejected by others like Björn Collinder (1965) and Robert Thomas Harms (1974). This grouping has also been cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnic Mythologies
Finnic mythologies are the mythologies of the various Finnic peoples: *Finnish mythology Finnish mythology commonly refers of the folklore of Finnish paganism, of which a Finnish Neopaganism, modern revival is practiced by a small percentage of the Finnish people. It has many shared features with Estonian mythology, Estonian and othe ... * Estonian mythology * Komi mythology * Mari mythology * Sámi shamanism See also * Baltic mythology * Bear worship * Dorvyzhy * Hungarian mythology * Mastorava * Proto-Uralic religion * Rock carvings at Alta References and notes * * Herman Hofberg, "Lapparnas Hednatro" * Uno Holmberg, "Lapparnas religion" * Rafael Karsten, " Samefolkets religion" * Edgar Reuteskiöld, " De nordiska samernas religion" * Tatiana Deviatkina,Some Aspects of Mordvin Mythology. In: ''Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore'' 17 (2001): 96-106. DOI: doi:10.7592/FEJF2001.17.mordmyth * Paasonen (ed.), ''Mordwinische Volksdichtung'' (1941). External links Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
