Uralic Languages
Number of Language speakers (sourse: http://www.suri.ee/uralic.html)
| Generic Language Group |
Language |
Number of Speakers |
Level of endangerment (UNESCO) |
Present Location |
| Samoyed |
Tundra Nenets (Yurak) |
25 000 |
endangered |
Nenets, Yamal Nenets and Taimyr Autonomous Districts in north-western Russia and western Siberia (Russia) |
|
Forest Nenets |
2 000 |
seriously endangered |
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District (Western Siberia, Russia) |
| |
Enets (Yenisei Samoyed) |
very few |
nearly extinct |
Northern Siberia in the Taimyr District along the lower reaches of the Ob River (Russia) |
| |
Nganasan (Tavgi) |
1000 |
seriously endangered |
Taimyr Peninsula (Siberia, Russia) |
| |
Selkup (Ostyak Samoyed) |
1 700 |
seriously endangered |
Western Siberia between the Ob and Yenisey Rivers (Russia) |
| |
Kamass |
extinct since 1989 |
|
near Sayan mountains, on the rivers Kan and Man (Russia) |
| Ugrian |
Khanty (Ostyak) |
13 000 |
endangered |
Khanty-Mansy and Yamal Nenets Autonomous District, Tomsk oblast (Western Siberia, Russia) |
| |
Mansi (Vogul) |
3 000 |
seriously endangered |
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District, Yekaterinburg oblast (Western Siberia, Russia) |
| |
Hungarian |
14, 5 milj |
not endangered |
Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, the Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia |
| Permian-Finnic |
Komi (Zyryan), Permian Komi |
350 000 |
endangered |
Republic of Komi and neighbouring regions, Komi-Permyak Autonomous District (Russia) |
| |
Udmurt (Votyak) |
500 000 |
endangered |
Udmurt Republic and neighbouring regions (Russia) |
| Volga-Finnic |
Erzya (Mordva) |
500 000 |
endangered |
Mordovian Republic, Republic of Bashkortostan, Republic of Tatarstan, Tshuvash Republic, Nizhni Novgorod, Penza, Samara and Orenburg oblast's (Russia) |
| |
Moksha (Mordvin) |
250 000 |
endangered |
Mordovian Republic, Republic of Tatarstan, Samara and Penza oblast's (Russia) |
| |
Meadow Mari (Cheremis) |
500 000 |
endangered |
Republic of Mari El, neighbouring areas, Republic of Bashkortostan, Jekaterinburg and Perm oblast' (Russia) |
| |
Hill Mari (Cheremis) |
42 000 |
endangered |
Republic of Mari El |
| Lapp |
Ter Sami |
500 |
extinct |
Eastern region of Kola Peninsula (Russia) |
| |
Kildini Sami |
1000 |
seriously endangered |
Central region of Kola Peninsula (Russia) |
| |
Skolt Sami |
500 |
seriously endangered |
Eastern region of Kola Peninsula (Russia), Sevettijärvi (Finland) |
| |
Inari Sami |
400 |
seriously endangered |
Inari (Finland) |
| |
Northern Sami |
30 000 |
endangered |
Northern regions of Norway, Finland and Sweden |
| |
Lule Sami |
2000 |
seriously endangered |
Northern regions of Sweden and Norway |
| |
Southern Sami |
500 |
seriously endangered |
Central regions of Sweden and Norway |
| Baltic-Finnic |
Livonian |
very few |
nearly extinct |
Courland, Latvia |
| |
Estonian |
1 milj |
not endangered |
Estonia |
| |
Votian |
very few |
nearly extinct |
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| |
Ingrian |
300 |
seriously endangered |
St. Petersburg and environs (Russia) |
| |
Vepsian |
6000 |
seriously endangered |
Republic of Karelia, St. Petersburg and Vologda oblast' (Russia) |
| |
Karelian Proper |
35 000 |
endangered |
Republic of Karelia, St. Petersburg and Tver oblast' (Russia) |
| |
Livvi (Aunus Karelian~Olonetsian) |
25 000 |
endangered |
Republic of Karelia, St. Petersburg and Tver oblast' (Russia) |
| |
Lude (may be a dialect of Karelian) |
5 000 |
seriously endangered |
Republic of Karelia (Russia) |
| |
Finnish |
5 500 000 |
not endangered |
Finland, Norway, Sweden, St. Petersburg and environs, Republic of Karelia (Russia) |
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