Finno-Lappic languages
- Finno-Lappic languages
Infobox Language family
name=Finno-Lappic
region=NorthernFennoscandia ,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, acrossFinland ,Estonia ,Karelia , and Sápmi
iso2=fiuThe 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 theSami languages (or "Lappic"), which are spoken by theSami people who inhabit the Sápmi region of northernFennoscandia , orBaltic-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 ]References
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