| The Sami languages belong to the Uralic language family, linguistically related to Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian. |
| Thousands of years ago the ancestors of both the present Finno-Ugrians and the Samoyeds lived together in their Uralic homeland. |
| But clearly linguistically they are linked to the other Uralic peoples. |
| When the Uralic languages were first spoken in the area of contemporary Finland is debated. |
| Their spoken language, Korean, is a Uralic language with similarities to Japanese, Mongolian, Hungarian, and Finnish. |
| In contrast, the Saami, Finns, and Estonians speak languages belonging to the Uralic family, otherwise spoken across a broad region of northern Asia. |
