Votyak

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Votyak

(ˈvəʊtɪˌæk)
npl -aks or -ak
1. (Peoples) a member of a Finnish people living chiefly in the Udmurt Autonomous Republic, between the Volga and the Urals
2. (Languages) Also called: Udmurt the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family
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Noun1.Votyak - a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European RussiaVotyak - a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia
Russian - a native or inhabitant of Russia
2.Votyak - the Finnic language spoken by the VotyakVotyak - the Finnic language spoken by the Votyak
Permic - a group of Finnic languages spoken in the northwest Urals
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Est.--Estonian; Fin.--Finnish; FP--Finno-Permic; FU--Finno-Ugric; FV--Finno-Volgaic; Hun.--Hungarian; Kh.--Khanty (Ostyak); Man.--Mansi (Vogul); Md.--Mordvin; Nen.--Nenets (Yurak); NS--Northern Sami, Udm.--Udmurt (Votyak).
In addition to Hungarian, Finnish, Zyrian, Votyak, Vogul and Ostyak data, we can also find Mordvin words in this (that he collected either in Nizhny Novgorod or Kazan at the beginning of his expedition, in 1719).
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