Last reviewed: January 2004.
Please send comments to: prentz@westminstercollege.edu |
Two main branches of the family are Finno-Ugric
languages and Samoyedic languages. The Finno-Ugric
languages are spoken in Finland, Northern Scandinavia, Estonia, certain
parts of Russia and in Hungary and adjacent areas. Samoyedic languages
are spoken by a small number of Samoyeds scattered throughout Siberia and
Arctic Russia. Two languages alone, Hungarian and Finnish, account about
80 % of the total speakers of Uralic languages. Some of the smaller languages
of this family have become or are becoming extinct.
Last reviewed: January 2004. Please send comments to: prentz@westminstercollege.edu |