oktaste:Finno-Ugric Peoples Almost 25 million people belong to the Uralic language family, who repr
oktaste:Finno-Ugric Peoples Almost 25 million people belong to the Uralic language family, who represent about 24 different peoples whose political fates and status vary greatly.Despite the fact that they are the indigenous inhabitants of the territories where they live, most of them have never had their own nation-state. Only the speakers of Hungarian, Finnish and Estonian have their own independent states.17 out of 24 different Finno-Ugric peoples live in Russia and 3 peoples live both in and outside the territory of Russia. The largest Finno-Ugric peoples have their own so-called republics (Karelians, Mordvins, Maris and Udmurts) or autonomous regions (Khanty, Mansis, and Nenets), in all of which they are minorities. The number of people actually speaking Finno-Ugric languages in Russia has decreased to less than two million, and this number is declining constantly. Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia have had very limited opportunities, if at all, to preserve their languages and cultures, though the situation, of course, differs from region to region.The VIII World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples takes place in 2021 in Tartu.Source: eng.fennougria.ee -- source link