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EXTENSIVE CONTACT
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
GRADATION
URALIC LANGUAGES
ESTONIANS
ESTONIAN
SOUTHERN GROUP
ACCUSATIVE CASE
BALTIC-FINNIC LANGUAGES
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  1. In Baltic-Finnic languages, the accusative case -(e)n is homophonic to the genitive case.
  2. The Baltic-Finnic languages are spoken on the Finnish (Finnish), Swedish (MeƤnkieli - spoken by the Tornedalians) and Norwegian (Kven) sides of the borders. Move Up
  3. Of the Baltic-Finnic languages, the Votic language is known for its extensive set of gradation patterns. Move Up
  4. However, Baltic-Finnic languages are relatively conservative, and conscious effort has been made in, e.g., Finnish to prevent overt foreign influence. Move Up

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  1. However, they have been in extensive contact with the Baltic-Finnic languages.

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  1. Thus the Baltic-Finnic languages are, unlike most languages spoken in Europe, not part of the Indo-European language family.

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  1. Most Baltic-Finnic languages, however, have two grades and only allow stops to undergo gradation.

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  1. In grammar, Baltic-Finnic languages follow the pattern of Uralic languages.

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  1. Vote is the earliest of the Baltic-Finnic languages; Ingria's variegated population has included also Ingrians, Estonians, and above all, Finns.

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  1. Finnish, with 5.1 million speakers, and Estonian, with 1.1 million, are the largest groups of the Baltic-Finnic languages.
  2. The major modern representatives of Baltic-Finnic languages are Finnish and Estonian, the official languages of their respective nation states. Move Up

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  1. The Votic language belongs to the southern group of the Baltic-Finnic languages and is the closest relative of the Estonian language.

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  1. A complication in Baltic-Finnic languages is that the accusative case -(e)n is homophonic to the genitive case.

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  1. The Baltic-Finnic languages, or Finnic[ 1], spoken around the Baltic Sea by about 7 million people, are a branch of the Uralic language family.
  2. Baltic-Finnic languages, better known as Finnic languages, are a subgroup of Finno-Ugric languages, spoken around the Baltic Sea by about 7 million people. Move Up

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  1. Finnic
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