Uralic languages

The Uralic languages are a contrasted family of languages. The best known subfamily is the [Finno-ugric languages]?, which are in turn separated into the [Finnish-Permian languages]? and [Ugric languages]?. The other members comprise the [Samoyedic languages]?. There is some debate about a possible relationship between the family as a whole and the Altaic languages.

Current members include:

• Finnish language (Suomi)
• Estonian language
• Hungarian language (Magyar)
• [Mordv language]?
• [Ostiak language]?
• [Vogul language]?
• [Tcheremiss language]?
• [Samoyed language]?

Some particular features of these languages are:

• Extensive use of independent suffixes
• Large set of /Cases?
• Vocalic harmony