Uralic languages
| Uralic | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe, North Asia |
| Linguistic classification: | One of the world's primary language families |
| Proto-language: | Proto-Uralic |
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| ISO 639-5: | |
| Glottolog: | ural1272 |
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Geographical distribution of the Uralic languages
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The Uralic languages /jʊˈrælᵻk/ (sometimes called Uralian languages /jʊˈreɪliən/) constitute a language family of 38languages spoken by approximately 25 million people, predominantly in Northern Eurasia. The Uralic languages with the most native speakers are Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian, which are official languages of Hungary, Finland, and Estonia, respectively, and of the European Union. Other Uralic languages with significant numbers of speakers are Erzya, Moksha, Mari, Udmurt, and Komi, which are officially recognized languages in various regions of Russia.
The name "Uralic" derives from the fact that areas where the languages are spoken spread on both sides of the Ural Mountains. Also, the original homeland (Urheimat) is commonly hypothesized to lie in the vicinity of the Urals.
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