Baltic Finnic peoples

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The Baltic Finnic peoples are a group of closely related Uralic-speaking ethnic groups indigenous to the coastal and inland regions around the Baltic Sea, including Finns, Estonians, Karelians, and several smaller communities.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Finnic peoples 4
Proto-Estonians 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Uralic peoples
ethnic group
areDistinguishedBy non-Indo-European language family
shared cultural and linguistic heritage
areIndigenousTo Baltic Sea region NERFINISHED
Northern Europe NERFINISHED
coastal regions around the Baltic Sea
inland regions around the Baltic Sea
areKnownFor oral epic poetry
rich folklore
runic song tradition
areRelatedTo Permic peoples NERFINISHED
Saami people NERFINISHED
Volga Finnic peoples NERFINISHED
culturalArea Baltic Sea basin NERFINISHED
haveInfluenced Estonian national identity
Finnish national identity
haveModernReligion Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
Lutheranism NERFINISHED
haveModernReligion secularism
havePopulationCentersIn Estonia NERFINISHED
Finland NERFINISHED
Latvia NERFINISHED
Sweden NERFINISHED
northwestern Russia NERFINISHED
haveTraditionalReligion Finnic paganism
historicalRegion Estonia NERFINISHED
Fennoscandia NERFINISHED
Finland NERFINISHED
Ingria NERFINISHED
Karelia NERFINISHED
Livonia NERFINISHED
includeEthnicGroup Estonians NERFINISHED
Finns NERFINISHED
Ingrians NERFINISHED
Karelians NERFINISHED
Livonians NERFINISHED
Ludes
Olonets Karelians NERFINISHED
Setos NERFINISHED
Tver Karelians NERFINISHED
Veps NERFINISHED
Votes
languageBranch Finnic languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Uralic languages NERFINISHED
speakLanguageBranch Baltic Finnic languages
Finnic languages NERFINISHED
subclassOf Finnic peoples NERFINISHED
Uralic ethnic groups

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Chud associatedWith Baltic Finnic peoples
this entity surface form: Finnic peoples
History of Estonia earlyInhabitants Baltic Finnic peoples
this entity surface form: Proto-Estonians
Livonia, a historical region in Europe historicallyInhabitedBy Baltic Finnic peoples
subject surface form: Livonia
this entity surface form: Finnic peoples
Livonian people partOf Baltic Finnic peoples
this entity surface form: Finnic peoples
Ludic people partOf Baltic Finnic peoples
this entity surface form: Finnic peoples
Inkeri partOfBroaderGroup Baltic Finnic peoples
Izhorians subgroupOf Baltic Finnic peoples