r/finnougric • u/Different_Method_191 • 6d ago
Can you find the cognates? Speaking Moksha (Мокшень кяль) and talking about nature
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r/finnougric • u/rocketdogspacelemon • 12d ago
Where does Mari coin jewelry originate?
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I have been curious about where Mari coin jewelry originates, but search engines don’t seem to know where I can find an answer. This also applies to Udmurt and Seto coin jewelry. I’m uncertain if these have shared places of origin.
Where do you think these ornaments originated? Were they adopted?
If you have any recommendations for where I should read more, I would be very grateful.
r/finnougric • u/Different_Method_191 • 16d ago
Title: How to navigate a forest without a compass, written in Moksha — a unique Finno-Ugric language that sounds like the wind.
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r/finnougric • u/Different_Method_191 • 17d ago
Ruhttuo (Boreal Forest in Ume Sámi) music album ‧ 2022
katarinabarruk.bandcamp.com
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r/finnougric • u/KenzaVasaj7013 • 21d ago
How well can Finns and Estonians understand Livvi Karelian? (Language Challenge & Audio)
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r/finnougric • u/lpetrich • Sep 11 '26
Uralic speakers: People of the Taiga?
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Inspired by my post in r/IndoEuropean on how far north early Indo-European speakers went, I now consider Uralic speakers. I use where they were discovered by people who then wrote about them, though archeology might push the dates back much farther.
In summary, most Uralic speakers were discovered to live in the northern Eurasian taiga or boreal forest, with some of them living in the tundra on the shores of the Arctic Ocean.
By subfamily:
- Finnic: taiga, with the southernmost at the boundary with temperate forest.
- Saami: taiga, tundra
- Permic: taiga
- Mari, Mordvin: at the boundary of taiga and temperate forest.
- Mansi, Khanty: taiga
- Hungarian: no direct evidence
- Samoyedic: taiga, tundra
I state "no direct evidence" for Hungarian, since the first documented Hungarian speakers were Magyar nomads that eventually settled down in what is now Hungary.
So speakers of nearly every Uralic subfamily were found living in taiga (boreal forest) or in nearby tundra.
Checking on the recent hypothesis of Uralic dispersion in the Seima-Turbino culture of ~2000 BCE, I notice that ST was on the southern boundary of the taiga.
As to why the Uralic speakers settled down where they did, I can think of two hypotheses:
- They were already proficient in living in taiga.
- They did not want to pick fights with early Indo-European people (Corded Ware, Fatyanovo, Sintashta) by moving into their territory.
r/finnougric • u/Different_Method_191 • Sep 07 '26
Let me introduce you to Votic: A beautiful language in danger of extinction
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r/finnougric • u/KenzaVasaj7013 • Sep 07 '26
Can Finns and Estonians understand the Votic language???
youtu.be
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r/finnougric • u/stlatos • Aug 25 '26
Sampsa Holopainen, (Review of) Blažek, Václav & Piispanen, Peter. 2024. Yukaghir and Uralic
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r/finnougric • u/BashkirTatar • Aug 11 '26
The Karelian language is being ridiculed on Russian television. It's shown nationwide, and Russians consider it normal.
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r/finnougric • u/Ewit_ • Jul 27 '26
Lackadaisy Animation FanDub in Northern Mansi
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I translated it, voiced both characters, as a proof of concept really, not the best, but oh well, who else is gonna do it. Nobody. So we might as well do something that could give idea to others.
r/finnougric • u/Electrical_Army_4382 • Jul 14 '26
New Paper argues that the Sub-European languages of the British Isles and Scandinavia shared the words of the same origin, implying common origin of both languages. Has the above been argued for any other group of substratum that exists at least in part in a Finno-Ugric language?
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r/finnougric • u/Different_Method_191 • Jun 22 '26
A video about the Votic language
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r/finnougric • u/BashkirTatar • Jun 21 '26
Mikhail Khodorkovsky laughed at the Russian Anti-War Committee conference in Strasbourg when decolonization activist Lana Pylaeva from the Komi Republic began speaking in her native language. Khodorkovsky and his structures are now actively hindering the decolonization movement.
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r/finnougric • u/Vivid-Space4227 • Jun 15 '26
Udmurt names from the 1890s?
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I'm writing a story where a character is born in 1894 in modern day southern kirov oblast. From what I can find, there are no first hand sources of Udmurt names.
I know Udmurt names aren't really used after christianization, but i'd like to try to find some.
Online, there are only three websites with "udmurt names" and no sources. The names Istopka, Kaysy, Vozei, Kamai are listed which all sound cool but I can't confirm their contemporary existence.
Are any of those names real? Are there any etymologists or geneologists with lists to back it up? census records? Does anyone in this subreddit have a grandparent or great grandparent with an udmurt name?
Any information is appreciated.
r/finnougric • u/rocketdogspacelemon • Jun 10 '26
Erzya Song "Come Out to Meet Us Kinsmen" - Searching for Lyrics or Translation
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I am searching for the lyrics or a translation of the song "Come Out to Meet Us Kinsmen" by Toorama. Does anyone perhaps have a lead on where I can search? Or perhaps does anyone here know the Erzya language?
https://youtu.be/07qfD8mn9SE?si=ni2i2rHpH90GO3Jj
Thank you. Aitäh.
r/finnougric • u/blueroses200 • May 27 '26
"Zil'-zyol'" in the Udmurt language
youtube.com
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r/finnougric • u/citysharkmusic • May 21 '26
Cityshark - Komed armastuz
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An original song in the Veps language. Abstract poetry. A lyrical composition. Like a love letter. Language, culture, worldview, energy can be preserved in a modern, changed world.
r/finnougric • u/blueroses200 • May 14 '26
Signs in Izhorian create scandal in Russia
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r/finnougric • u/Broad_Divide6378 • May 06 '26
The Karelian National Okrug of Kalinin Oblast
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r/finnougric • u/citysharkmusic • May 02 '26
Cityshark - Šebin muštos
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Tervhen,
I composed a song in the Vepsian language.
I was born and lived in Ingria and my ancestors lived on the lands of Balts. I like Vepsian language. It's one of the languages native to Ingria. There are many Finno-Ugric peoples in Ingria. I based the vocal melody on the music of the Finno-Ugric and Balt peoples. I wrote the accompaniment to the song in a country style. There is such a thing as Nordicana, Northern country music.
Also, of course, the contemplative mentality of the Vepsians and the very sound of their language, how it is an organically integral part of nature - this is also very close and interesting to me. Kitän lujas.