Finnic

Finnic (Fennic, sometimes Baltic-Finnic) may refer to Finnish-similar languages spoken close to the Gulf of Finland, i.e., the Balto-Finnic subgroup of the Finno-Ugric languages or, alternatively, a larger subgroup that also includes the Sami languages.

Related Topics:
Finnish - Gulf of Finland - Balto-Finnic - Finno-Ugric languages - Sami languages

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In modern Finnish and Estonian usage, the term 'Finnic' may also refer to what are perceived as culturally related ethnic groups, i.e., the settled peoples speaking Balto-Finnic languages, traditionally living in Karelia, Ingria, Estonia, Finland, northernmost Norway and northern Sweden, and their farmer-hunter culture. The term 'Finnic peoples' can be used in this way to establish a contrast to the 'Slavic peoples' ('Slavs'), the 'Baltic peoples' ('Balts'), and the 'Germanic peoples' (including 'Scandinavians'), but also to the more distantly akin, and historically nomadic, Sami people.

Related Topics:
Finnish - Estonia - People - Karelia - Ingria - Norway - Sweden - Slavic peoples - Slavs - Baltic peoples - Balts - Germanic peoples - Scandinavians - Nomadic - Sami people

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According to the Estonian Fenno-Ugria Foundationhttp://www.suri.ee/r/index.html, the areas of historical settlement by indigenous Finnic peoples include (from South to North):

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• Livonians (coastal areas of the Gulf of Riga)
• Estonians (south of Gulf of Finland)
• Votians (near River Narva and River Inger)
• Ingrians (south-east of Gulf of Finland – River Narva – River Neva – Lake Ladoga)
• Vepsians (south-west of Lake Onega)
• Karelians (north-east of Gulf of Finland – Lake Ladoga – Lake Onega)
• Finns (north of Gulf of Finland)

It is debatedhttp://www.sgr.fi/ct/ct51.html whether or not the Chudes (mentioned by Jordanes 550 A.D.) were an unidentified Finnic tribe or whether a Finnic group might be considered to be the original Chudes. It has also been considered whether or not Russian chud (чудь) is borrowed from Sami or vice versa.

Related Topics:
Chudes - 550 - Russian - Sami

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