Finno-Ugrian

[ fin-oh-oo-gree-uhn, -yoo- ]

adjective

1. pertaining to the Finns and the Ugrians.
2. Finno-Ugric.

noun

1. Finno-Ugric.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Finno-Ugrian¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

The Finno-Ugrian Vampire, written in 2002, is Noémi Szécsi's first novel, and the first to appear in English.

From The Guardian

It would help to know something about the region – and that the Komi language is part of the small Finno-Ugrian language group, something that Jerne, like many Hungarians, is obsessed with.

From The Guardian

Some of the scientific societies of Helsingfors have a wide repute, such as the academy of sciences, the geographical, historical, Finno-Ugrian, biblical, medical, law, arts and forestry societies, as also societies for the spread of popular education and of arts and crafts.

From Project Gutenberg

The comparative grammar of the Indo-European languages is alone in an advanced state, those of the Semitic idioms, of the Finno-Ugrian tongues and of the Bantu dialects of southern Africa are still in a backward condition; and the other families of speech existing in the world, with the exception of the Malayo-Polynesian and the Sonorian of North America, have not as yet been treated scientifically.

From Project Gutenberg

Immediately after quitting the university, he followed up his Chinese researches by a study of the Finno-Ugrian languages, which resulted in the publication of his �l�ments de la grammaire mandchoue in 1832.

From Project Gutenberg