Finnic

Finnic
1. noun
A subset of the family of Finno-Ugric languages that includes Finnish, Estonian, Sami (Lapp), Mordvin, Udmurt, Komi and Mari.
a) Of or pertaining to Finnic.
Syn: Baltic-Finnic, Balto-Finnic

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