Uralic

U·ral·ic  (y-rlk) also U·ra·li·an (y-rl-n)

n.

A language family that comprises the Finno-Ugric and Samoyedic subfamilies.

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[After the Ural (Mountains).]

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U·ralic adj.

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Uralic [jʊˈrælɪk], Uralian [jʊˈreɪlɪən]

n

(Linguistics / Languages) a superfamily of languages consisting of the Finno-Ugric family together with Samoyed See also Ural-Altaic

adj

(Linguistics / Languages) of or relating to these languages

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Uralic - a family of Ural-Altaic languages     Uralic language Ural-Altaic - a (postulated) group of languages including many of the indigenous languages of Russia (but not Russian) Finno-Ugrian, Finno-Ugric - a family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions) Lappic, Lappish - any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assumed to be Uralic languages Samoyedic, Samoyed - the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia