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Finnish vs Finnic - What's the difference?

finnish | finnic |

As adjectives the difference between finnish and finnic

is that finnish is of or pertaining to Finland while Finnic is of or pertaining to Finnic languages.

As a proper noun Finnish

is the Finno-Ugric language spoken by the majority of the people living in Finland, one of the two official languages of the country (the other is Swedish).

As a noun Finnic is

a subset of the family of Finno-Ugric languages that includes Finnish, Estonian, Ingrian, Veps, Karelian, Livonian, Meänkieli and Kven.

finnish

English

(wikipedia Finnish)

Alternative forms

* (abbreviation):

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to Finland.
  • Of or pertaining to the Finnish language.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Finno-Ugric language spoken by the majority of the people living in Finland, one of the two official languages of the country (the other is Swedish).

    • See also

    * Finn: a person from Finland. * (projectlink) * Torne Valley Finnish: a variety of Finnish spoken in Northern Sweden * Kven: a variety of Finnish spoken in Northern Norway * Karelian * (fi)

    External links

    * Finnish–English Dictionary]: from [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition. * English terms with homophones

    finnic

    English

    (wikipedia Finnic)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A subset of the family of Finno-Ugric languages that includes Finnish, Estonian, Ingrian, Veps, Karelian, Livonian, and Kven.

    • Synonyms

    * Baltic-Finnic

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to Finnic languages.
  • (rare) Finnish.

    • Synonyms

    * (pertaining to the Finnic languages) Baltic-Finnic, Balto-Finnic