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Ugric

Eurasian Language Families

The Ugric or Ugrian languages are a branch of the Uralic language family, comprising three subgroups: Hungarian, Khanty and Mansi.

Facts
Disputed
Proto-Language Status
A 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
Region
Ancestral 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
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  • Introduction, 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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