The Ugric or Ugrian languages are a branch of the Uralic language family, comprising three subgroups: Hungarian, Khanty and Mansi.
Facts
Disputed
Proto-Language StatusA common Proto-Ugric language is posited by comparative linguists, though Holopainen (2023) argues many shared Ugric vocabulary items show too much irregularity in sound correspondences to be derived from one common proto-language and may instead be independent borrowings among Hungarian, Mansi and Khanty. 1 RegionAncestral Proto-Ugric is posited to have been spoken in Siberia (North Asia); its three living branches, Hungarian, Khanty and Mansi, are also known collectively (Khanty and Mansi) as Ob-Ugric. 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Ugric Languages
Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction, first and second sentence
The Ugric or Ugrian languages ( or ) are a branch of the Uralic language family.
Introduction, third sentence
posited to have been spoken from the end of the 3rd millennium BC until the first half of the 1st millennium BC in Siberia (North Asia)
Lexical features section, final paragraph
Holopainen (2023) argues that many known loanwords and suspectable substrate vocabulary show too much irregularity in sound correspondences to be derived from a common Ugric proto-language
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