Definition of Finno-Ugric in English:
Finno-Ugric
(also Finno-Ugrian)
adjectiveˌfɪnəʊˈjuːɡrɪkˌfɪnəʊˈuːɡrɪkˌfɪnoʊˈ(j)uɡrɪk
Relating to the major group of Uralic languages, which includes Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian (Magyar), and several north central Asian languages.
芬兰-乌戈尔语族的（包括芬兰语、爱沙尼亚语、匈牙利语 马扎尔语和几种亚洲中北部语言）
Example sentencesExamples
- Hungarian belongs to the Ugor branch of the Finno-Ugric language family.
- The Estonian language is a branch of the Baltic-Finnish group of the Finno-Ugric family, related to Finnish.
- His father Nikolas Anderson was professor of Finno-Ugric languages at the University of Kazan.
- But, whereas Estonian belongs to the Finno-Ugric group, Latvian and Lithuanian are rarities, sole survivors of an ancient group, closely related to Sanskrit within the Indo-European family of languages.
- He corresponded widely with other linguistic experts seeking the elusive possibility of non-Aryan influences, and maintained a special interest in Basque and the Finno-Ugric languages.
nounˌfɪnəʊˈjuːɡrɪkˌfɪnəʊˈuːɡrɪkˌfɪnoʊˈ(j)uɡrɪk
mass nounThe Finno-Ugric group of languages.
芬兰-乌戈尔语族
Example sentencesExamples
- Tolkien was said to have used Finno-Ugric as the basis for Quenya, the 'high Elvish' tongue he invented for his Lord of the Rings novels.
- Those who spoke Swedish used a form known as Finland-Swedish; those who spoke Finnish used a non-Indo-European language, part of a small language group known as Finno-Ugric.
- Finnish is an example of the language group known as Finno-Ugric.
- All Baltic people are genetically very close to Estonians and they spoke Finno-Ugric before they switched to Indo-European languages.
Definition of Finno-Ugric in US English:
Finno-Ugric
(also Finno-Ugrian)
adjectiveˌfɪnoʊˈ(j)uɡrɪkˌfinōˈ(y)o͞oɡrik
Relating to the major group of Uralic languages, whose main branches are Finnic and Ugric.
Example sentencesExamples
- But, whereas Estonian belongs to the Finno-Ugric group, Latvian and Lithuanian are rarities, sole survivors of an ancient group, closely related to Sanskrit within the Indo-European family of languages.
- Hungarian belongs to the Ugor branch of the Finno-Ugric language family.
- The Estonian language is a branch of the Baltic-Finnish group of the Finno-Ugric family, related to Finnish.
- His father Nikolas Anderson was professor of Finno-Ugric languages at the University of Kazan.
- He corresponded widely with other linguistic experts seeking the elusive possibility of non-Aryan influences, and maintained a special interest in Basque and the Finno-Ugric languages.
nounˌfɪnoʊˈ(j)uɡrɪkˌfinōˈ(y)o͞oɡrik
The Finno-Ugric group of languages.
芬兰-乌戈尔语族
Example sentencesExamples
- All Baltic people are genetically very close to Estonians and they spoke Finno-Ugric before they switched to Indo-European languages.
- Finnish is an example of the language group known as Finno-Ugric.
- Tolkien was said to have used Finno-Ugric as the basis for Quenya, the 'high Elvish' tongue he invented for his Lord of the Rings novels.
- Those who spoke Swedish used a form known as Finland-Swedish; those who spoke Finnish used a non-Indo-European language, part of a small language group known as Finno-Ugric.