Finno-Lappic languages

Finno-Lappic languages

Infobox Language family
name=Finno-Lappic
region=Northern Fennoscandia, Baltic states
familycolor=Uralic
fam1=Uralic
fam2=Finno-Ugric
fam3=Finno-Permic
fam4=Finno-Volgaic
child1=Sami
child2=Baltic-Finnic




map_caption=Approximate distribution of Finno-Lappic languages, across Finland, Estonia, Karelia, and Sápmi
iso2=fiu
The Finno-Lappic languages (also "Finno-Saamic, Finno-Samic") comprise a subgroup of the Finno-Ugric family, and are made up of 22 languages classified into either the Sami languages (or "Lappic"), which are spoken by the Sami people who inhabit the Sápmi region of northern Fennoscandia, or Baltic-Finnic languages, which include the major languages Finnish and Estonian. [cite book |last=Grenoble |first=Lenore |title=Language Policy in the Soviet Union |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=yiObBPPjXbYC |year=2003 |publisher=Springer |location=New York |isbn=1402-01298-5 |pages=15 ]

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