BALTIC-FINNIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Baltic-Finnic mean? 

• BALTIC-FINNIC (noun)
  The noun BALTIC-FINNIC has 1 sense:

1. a group of Finnic languages including Finnish and Estonian

  Familiarity information: BALTIC-FINNIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALTIC-FINNIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of Finnic languages including Finnish and Estonian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Baltic-Finnic" is a kind of...):

Fennic; Finnic; Non-Ugric (one of two branches of the Finno-Ugric languages; a family of languages including Finnish and Estonian (but not Hungarian))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Baltic-Finnic"):

Livonian (the Finnic language spoken by the people of Livonia in Estonia and Latvia)

Esthonian; Estonian (the official language of Estonia; belongs to the Baltic-Finnic family of languages)

Carelian; Karelian (a Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia)

Ludian (a Baltic-Finnic language)

Finnish; Suomi (the official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages)

Veps; Vepse; Vepsian (a Finnic language spoken by the Veps)

Ingrian (a Finnic language spoken by the Ingrian)