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Finno-Volgaic
Geographic; distribution:	Northern Fennoscandia, Baltic states, Southwestern and Southeastern Russia
Genetic; classification:	Uralic; Finno-Ugric; Finno-Permic; Finno-Volgaic
Subdivisions:	Baltic-Finnic languages Sami languages Mordvinic languages Mari language
ISO 639-2 and 639-5:	fiu

Finno-Volgaic are a subgrouping of the Uralic languages that nowadays comprises the Baltic-Finnic languages, Sami languages, Mordvinic languages and the Mari language. It is traditionally estimated to have branched from Finno-Permic languages about 2000 BC.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Baltic-Finnic and Sami languages are sometimes grouped together under Finno-Lappic languages, while Mordvinic and Mari were formerly grouped together as Volga-Finnic languages. The current stage of research rejects Volga-Finnic, while the validity of Finno-Lappic, Finno-Volgaic and Finno-Permic remains disputed.^[4]

Only a single uniting phonological feature of the Finno-Volgaic languages has been proposed: the loss of the consonant *w before rounded vowels.

[edit] See also

Volga Finns

[edit] References

^ Differentiation of Uralic languages over time
^ Encyclopedia of the Languages of Europe
^ The Finno-ugric republics and the Russian state By Rein Taagepera; ISBN 0415919770; p. 33
^ Salminen, Tapani 2002: Problems in the taxonomy of the Uralic languages in the light of modern comparative studies. http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/kuzn.html

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[0] Differentiation of Uralic languages over time

[1] Encyclopedia of the Languages of Europe

[2] The Finno-ugric republics and the Russian state By Rein Taagepera; ISBN 0415919770; p. 33

[3] Salminen, Tapani 2002: Problems in the taxonomy of the Uralic languages in the light of modern comparative studies. http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/kuzn.html

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