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Context around Finno

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

branches 1× traditional 1× tree 1× family 1× though 1× weeks 1× included 1× uralic 1× term 1× 126 1×

Often after:

ugric 15× permic 3× ugrian 2× german 1× ugaritic 1× soviet 1×

Sentence patterns with Finno

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

1965 126 finno ugric and 1× 2 a finno ugric people 1× distinct branches finno permic hungarian 1× entire family finno ugric for 1× evidence from finno ugric 1× finally the finno ugaritic strand 1× for a finno permic grouping 1× in several finno ugric languages 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a recent re 1× after the peace 1× danish philologist rasmus 1× especially in finland 1× finally the finno 1× from mard xwaar 1×

Common sentence endings:

a valid group 1× as quite old 1× basque and others 1× by contemporary linguists 1× central european russia 1× finno permic grouping 1×

Words around Finno

Just before it in the word index:

finnmarksvidda 2 finnmark 16 finnley 2 finnish 609 finnis 5 finning 11

Just after it in the word index:

finnr 2 finns 137 finny 2 fino 12 finocchiaro 5 finoia 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdulai 27 abhinandan 27 abhor 27 abo 27 abscesses 27 abul 27

Corpus analysis for Finno

  • In this selection, "finno" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, branches, traditional, tree, ugric, permic and ugrian stand out and add context to how "finno" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 1965 126 finno ugric and and 2 a finno ugric people. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "finno" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with finno

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Studies on the belief systems of Finno-Ugric peoples". (9 words)

Viitso finds no evidence for a Finno-Permic grouping. (9 words)

Below are the numbers 1 to 10 in several Finno-Ugric languages. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Hungarian has traditionally been assigned to a Ugric branch within Uralic/Finno-Ugric, along with the Mansi and Khanty languages of western Siberia ( Khanty–Mansia region), but it is no longer clear that it is a valid group. (38 words)

The terminology adopted for this was "Uralic" for the entire family, " Finno-Ugric " for the non-Samoyedic languages (though "Finno-Ugric" has, to this day, remained in use also as a synonym for the whole family). (36 words)

Several loans from the Indo-European languages are present in most or all of the Finno-Ugric languages, while being absent from Samoyedic; many others also must be for phonological reasons dated as quite old. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

In: Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, vol. 57 however fails to find support for Finno-Ugric and Ugric, suggesting four lexically distinct branches (Finno-Permic, Hungarian, Ob-Ugric and Samoyedic).

Linguistic roots common to both branches of the traditional Finno-Ugric language tree ( Finno-Permic and Ugric ) are distant.

The terminology adopted for this was "Uralic" for the entire family, " Finno-Ugric " for the non-Samoyedic languages (though "Finno-Ugric" has, to this day, remained in use also as a synonym for the whole family).

After the Peace of Moscow, Germany did not hesitate to move to improve ties with Finland, and within two weeks Finno-German relations were at the top of the agenda.

A recent re-evaluation of the evidence Michalove, Peter A. (2002) The Classification of the Uralic Languages: Lexical Evidence from Finno-Ugric.

Below are the numbers 1 to 10 in several Finno-Ugric languages.

Danish philologist Rasmus Christian Rask described what he vaguely called "Scythian" languages in 1834, which included Finno-Ugric, Turkic, Samoyedic, Eskimo, Caucasian, Basque and others.

Especially in Finland there has been a growing tendency to reject the Finno-Ugric intermediate protolanguage.

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Finally the Finno-Ugaritic strand of this diffusion spread through Russia to Finland where the Norse myth of Yggdrasil took root.

From *mard-xwaar one can derive "Mordva" or "Mordvin", the Russian name of the Finno-Ugrian Erzya and Moksha peoples of east-central European Russia.

However, it is not clear if the Aesti mentioned by Tacitus were: (1) a (now-extinct) Baltic people (possibly synonymous with the Brus/Prūsa ), or; (2) a Finno-Ugric people (e.g. modern Estonians ).

Hungarian has traditionally been assigned to a Ugric branch within Uralic/Finno-Ugric, along with the Mansi and Khanty languages of western Siberia ( Khanty–Mansia region), but it is no longer clear that it is a valid group.

In the past, and occasionally today as well, the term Finno-Ugric was used for the entire Uralic language family.

Janhunen (2007, 2009) citation citation notes a number of derivational innovations in Finno-Ugric, including *ńoma "hare" → *ńoma-la, (vs.

Poppe 1965: 126 Finno-Ugric and Samoyed were eventually grouped in a separate family, known as Uralic (though doubts about its validity long persisted).

Several loans from the Indo-European languages are present in most or all of the Finno-Ugric languages, while being absent from Samoyedic; many others also must be for phonological reasons dated as quite old.

Studies on the belief systems of Finno-Ugric peoples".

The purpose of these initiatives was to avoid the enforcement of the military articles in the Finno-Soviet Treaty which called for military co-operation with Soviet Union.

Various other theories (of Celtic, Iranian, Caucasic, Finno-Ugrian origin), having little or no scientific ground, are now largely rejected by contemporary linguists.

Viitso finds no evidence for a Finno-Permic grouping.

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