WebScandinavia (/ ˌ s k æ n d ɪ ˈ n eɪ v i ə / SKAN-di-NAY-vee-ə) is a subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.In English usage, Scandinavia most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.It can sometimes also refer more narrowly to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes …

WebFinnish paganism is the indigenous pagan religion in Finland and Karelia prior to Christianisation.It was a polytheistic religion, worshipping a number of different deities. The principal god was the god of thunder and the sky, Ukko; other important gods included Jumo (Jumala), Ahti, and Tapio.Jumala was a sky god; today, the word "Jumala" refers to all …

WebThe Permic languages have traditionally been classified as Finno-Permic languages, along with the Finnic, Saami, Mordvin, and Mari languages. The Finno-Permic and Ugric languages together made up the Finno-Ugric family. However, this taxonomy has more recently been called into question, and the relationship of the Permic languages to other …

WebThe Balts or Baltic peoples (Lithuanian: baltai, Latvian: balti) are an ethno-linguistic group of peoples who speak the Baltic languages of the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages.. One of the features of Baltic languages is the number of conservative or archaic features retained. Among the Baltic peoples are modern-day Lithuanians and …

WebThe laryngeal theory is a theory in the historical linguistics of the Indo-European languages positing that: . The Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) had a series of phonemes beyond those reconstructable by the comparative method.That is, the theory maintains that there were sounds in Proto-Indo-European that no longer exist in any of …

WebIn grammar, a supine is a form of verbal noun used in some languages. The term is most often used for Latin, where it is one of the four principal parts of a verb.The word refers to a position of lying on one's back (as opposed to 'prone', lying face downward), but there exists no widely accepted etymology that explains why or how the term came to be used to also …

WebThe Baltic Finnic or Balto-Finnic peoples, also referred to as the Baltic Sea Finns, Baltic Finns, sometimes Western Finnic and often simply as the Finnic peoples, are the peoples inhabiting the Baltic Sea region in Northern and Eastern Europe who speak Finnic languages.They include the Finns, Estonians (including Võros and Setos), Karelians …

WebKarelian (North Karelian and Livvi Karelian: karjala, karjalan kieli; Ludic: kard'al, kard'alan kiel'; Tver Karelian: kariela, karielan kieli) is a Finnic language spoken mainly in the Russian Republic of Karelia.Linguistically, Karelian is closely related to the Finnish dialects spoken in eastern Finland, and some Finnish linguists have even classified Karelian as a dialect of …

WebPeoples and languages. Baltic languages, a subfamily of Indo-European languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian and extinct Old Prussian; Balts (or Baltic peoples), ethnic groups speaking the Baltic languages and/or originating from the Baltic countries; Baltic Germans, historical ethnic German minority in Latvia and Estonia; Baltic Finnic peoples, …

WebThe Livonian language (Livonian: līvõ kēļ or rāndakēļ; Estonian: liivi keel) is a Finnic language whose native land is the Livonian Coast of the Gulf of Livonia, located in the north of the Kurzeme peninsula in Latvia.Although its last native speaker died in 2013, there are about 40 reported L2 speakers and 210 having reported some knowledge of the …