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Ugrian

Ugrian (yOO'grēun, OO'–) [key]or Ugric (yOO'grik, OO'–) [key], subgroup of the Finno-Ugric group of languages, which is, in turn, a subdivision of the Uralic subfamily of the Ural-Altaic family of languages. See Finno-Ugric languages; Uralic and Altaic languages.

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