Finnic
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Finnic refers to a group of languages spoken in north-eastern Europe that share a common origin and linguistic features. These languages are important for understanding the cultural and historical diversity of the region, as they are distinct from the Indo-European languages that dominate much of Europe.
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The Finnic languages, also known as Baltic Finnic languages, constitute a branch of the Uralic language family spoken around the Baltic Sea by the Baltic Finnic peoples. There are around seven million speakers, who live mainly in Finland and Estonia.
Traditionally, eight Finnic languages have been recognized. The major modern representatives of the family are Finnish and Estonian, the official languages of their respective nation states. The other Finnic languages in the Baltic Sea region are Ingrian and Votic, spoken in Ingria by the Gulf of Finland, and Livonian, once spoken around the Gulf of Riga. Spoken farther northeast are Karelian, Ludic, and Veps, in the region of Lakes Onega and Ladoga.