Finno-Ugric countries
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The Finno-Ugric countries are the three independent nation states with a national majority that speaks a Finno-Ugric language: Finland and Estonia, which are inhabited by Baltic Finnic peoples, and Hungary, which is majority Magyar.[1]
The Finno-Ugric countries work together in funding research on Finno-Ugric topics and in protecting the minority rights of Finno-Ugric-speaking nations (collectively called Fenno-Ugria) that don't occupy sovereign states.[2] The three countries are represented in the .[3][4]
Modern entities[]
Independent sovereign states[]
Balto-Finnic[]
Name | Capital | Founded |
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Helsinki | 6 December 1917 |
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Tallinn | 24 February 1918 |
Ugric[]
Name | Capital | Founded |
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Budapest | c. 895 |
Countries where Finno-Ugric languages have official status[]
Saami[]
Name | Capital | Language(s) |
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Finland: Sami native region | Sajos | Sami |
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Oslo | Sami and Kven |
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Stockholm | Finnish, Meänkieli and Sami |
The recently extinct Livonian language has special though unofficial status in Latvia.
Ugric[]
Name | Capital | Language(s) |
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(Harghita, Covasna etc. counties) | Hungarian |
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Novi Sad | Hungarian |
Volga Finnic[]
Name | Capital | Language(s) |
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Syktyvkar | Komi |
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Yoshkar-Ola | Meadow Mari, Hill Mari |
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Saransk | Erzya, Moksha |
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Izhevsk | Udmurt |
Provinces and autonomous regions without official status[]
Country | Region | Language | Administrative center | Founded |
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Hungarian | Eisenstadt | Unknown |
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Northern Sami | Vadsø | Unknown |
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Northern Sami | Tromsø | Unknown | |
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Sami | Bodø | Unknown | |
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Southern Sami | Trondheim | Unknown | |
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Khanty, Mansi | Khanty-Mansiysk | 10 December 1930 |
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Komi-Permyak | Perm | 1 December 2005 | |
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Karelian | Petrozavodsk | 16 July 1956 | |
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Prekmurje | Hungarian | Murska Sobota | Unknown |
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Meänkieli, Sami | Luleå | 1810 |
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Hungarian | Mukacheve | 9 November 1953 |
Historical states and dynasties[]
Hungarian states[]
Name | Year(s) | Capital | Map |
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Hétmagyar confederation | 9th century | Unknown | |
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895–1000 | Esztergom and Székesfehérvár | |
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1000–1301 | Esztergom and Székesfehérvár | ![]() |
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1301–1526 | Esztergom, Székesfehérvár and Buda | |
Eastern Hungarian Kingdom (vassal under ![]() |
1526–1551 1556–1570 |
Buda (1526–41) Lippa (1541–42) Gyulafehérvár (1542–70) |
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1526–1867 | Buda (1526–1536, 1784–1873) Pressburg (1536–1783) |
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1570–1711 | Gyulafehérvár (1570–1692) Nagyszeben (1692–1711) |
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Principality of Upper Hungary (vassal under ![]() |
1682–1685 | Kassa | ![]() |
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1711–1867 | Nagyszeben (1711–1791, 1848–1861) Kolozsvár (1791–1848, 1861–1867) |
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1867–1918 | Budapest | ![]() |
Post-World War I states[]
Name | Year(s) | Capital | Map |
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1917–1918 | Obernargen | |
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1918–1919 | Helsinki | ![]() |
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1918 | Helsinki | ![]() |
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1918–40 | Tallinn | |
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1918–1920 | Uhtua | ![]() |
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1918–1919 | Budapest | ![]() |
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1918–1919 | Timișoara | ![]() |
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1918–1919 | Narva | ![]() |
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1919–1920 | Kirjasalo | ![]() |
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1919 | Budapest | ![]() |
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1919–1920 | Budapest | |
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1920–1946 | Budapest | ![]() |
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1921 | Oberwart | ![]() |
Finnish Democratic Republic | 1939–1940 | Terijoki | ![]() |
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1946–1949 | Budapest | ![]() |
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1949–1989 | Budapest | ![]() |
Autonomous regions[]
Name | Year(s) | Capital | Map |
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1917–1918 | Tallinn | ![]() |
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1923–1940 1956–1991 |
Petrozavodsk | ![]() |
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1934–1990 | Saransk | |
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1934–1990 | Izhevsk | |
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1936–1990 | Syktyvkar | |
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1936–1990 | Yoshkar-Ola | |
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1940–1956 | Petrozavodsk | ![]() |
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1940–1991 | Tallinn | ![]() |
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1944–1992 | Novi Sad | ![]() |
Magyar Autonomous Region (under ![]() |
1952–1968 | Târgu Mureș | ![]() |
Veps National Volost (under ![]() |
1994–2004 | Shyoltozero |
References[]
- ^ Korkut, Umut (21 April 2009). "Eager, Pragmatic or Reluctant: Can Common Finno-Ugric Ethnic and Linguistic Links Substantiate Intra-EU CFSP Co-Operation?". Retrieved 20 February 2018 – via papers.ssrn.com.
- ^ Casen, Marie (30 June 2014). "Udmurt Identity Issues: Core Moments from the Middle Ages to the Present Day". Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics. 8 (1): 91–110. Retrieved 20 February 2018 – via www.jef.ee.
- ^ Ruotsala, Helena (20 February 2018). "X Finno-Ugric Congress in Mari El". Ethnologia Fennica. 32: 74–76. Retrieved 20 February 2018 – via journal.fi.
- ^ "FennoUgria: World Congresses". ftp.eki.ee. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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