UralicLanguages (best known subfamily is FinnoUgricLanguages
?) are a contrasted family of languages.
FinnoUgricLanguages? are commonly separated into FinnishPermianLanguages? and UgricLanguages?.
There is an hypothesis which groups UralicLanguages further in a superfamily together with AltaicLanguages?, the UraloAltaicLanguages? but there are strong debates between linguist other this.
Current members include:
- FinnishLanguage? (suomi)
- EstonianLanguage?
- HungarianLanguage (magyar)
- MordvLanguage?
- OstiakLanguage?
- VogulLanguage?
- TcheremissLanguage?
- SamoyedLanguage?
- ...
Features include:
- Extensive use of independent suffixes
- Large set of /Cases?
- VocalicHarmony?
- ...