U·ral·ic
/yo͝oˈralik/
adjective
- relating to or denoting a family of languages spoken from northern Scandinavia to western Siberia, comprising the Finno-Ugric and Samoyedic groups.
- relating to the Ural Mountains or the surrounding areas.
noun
the Uralic languages collectively.
The Uralic languages with the most native speakers are Hungarian (which alone accounts for approximately 60% of speakers), Finnish, and Estonian. Other ...
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Uralic languages
Language family
The Uralic languages form a language family of 42 languages spoken predominantly in Europe and North Asia. The Uralic languages with the most native speakers are Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian. Wikipedia
One analysis locates its origin in West Siberia, with prior ties to the Aral Sea area (the Kelteminar culture) or to Mesolithic cultures in the Caspian region.
Uralic definition: a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.