Finno-Permic languages

The Finno-Permic or Finno-Permian languages, sometimes just Finnic or Fennic languages, are a proposed subdivision of the Uralic languages which comprise the Balto-Finnic languages, Sámi languages, Mordvinic languages, Mari language, Permic languages and likely a number of extinct languages. In the traditional taxonomy of the Uralic languages, Finno-Permic is estimated to have split from Finno-Ugric around 3000–2500 BC, and branched into Permic languages and Finno-Volgaic languages around 2000 BC. Nowadays the validity of the group as a taxonomical entity is being questioned, and the interrelationships of its five branches are debated with little consensus.

The term Finnic languages has often been used to designate all the Finno-Permic languages, with the term Balto-Finnic used to disambiguate the Finnic languages proper. However, in many works, Finnic refers to the Baltic-Finnic languages alone.

Subclassification

The subclassification of the Finno-Permic languages varies among scholars. During the 20th century, most classifications treated Permic vs Finno-Volgaic as the primary division. In the 21st century, Salminen rejected Finno-Permic and Finno-Volgaic entirely. Other classifications treat the five branches of Finno-Permic as follows.

See also

• Proto-Finnic language

References

Further reading

1. Permic languages
2. Finno-Ugric languages
3. Finno-Volgaic languages
4. Proto-Uralic language
5. Uralic languages
6. Finnic languages
7. Volga Finns
8. Ugric languages
9. Komi language
10. Meshchera language
11. Å (disambiguation)
12. Permians
13. Old Permic script
14. List of proto-languages
15. History of the Hungarian language
16. Sámi languages
17. Ural-Altaic languages
18. Finnic peoples
19. Finnic languages (disambiguation)
20. Aryan