Ugric languages
The Ugric languages are a branch of the Finno-Ugric languages .
The Ugric languages include Hungarian and the Obugian languages Khanty and Mansi . The common Ugric language was probably established by the end of the 3rd millennium BC. . Chr until the first half of the first millennium. . AD in western Siberia spoken.
Structural properties
- Definite and indefinite conjugation
- Verbal prefixes that can change the meaning of the verb in a concrete and abstract way
Examples from Mansi
ēl (a) - "forward, away"
| jōm- "go, step" | ēl-jōm- "go away" |
| tinal "sell" | ēl-tinal- "sell out" |
χot - 'away from something and other gradation of the intensity of action'
| min- "go" | χot-min- "go away, stand still" |
| red- "scare" | χot-roχt- "suddenly being afraid of something" |
Examples from Hungarian
el - "away, away, with"
| jönni- "come" | el-jönni- "appear" |
| csinál- "do, make, manufacture, act" | meg-csinál- "do something, get something over with" |
oda / ott - "there (to)"
| ugrani- "jump" | oda-ugrani- "to jump (from)" |
| menni "go" | oda-menni "(there) go" |