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BALTIC-FINNIC
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I. (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)
