The vitality of small languages lies in their ability to adapt and find a place in modern pop culture — whether through Mari rap, Udmurt techno or Finno-Ugric TikTok videos — making them relevant for ...

The Mari El Republic in central Russia is home to the Mari people, an ethnic minority that proudly preserves its traditions. Sometimes described as "Europe's last pagans," locals speak a Finno-Ugric ...

What unites the Finno-Ugric people are the Finno-Ugric languages. The language spoken widely by up to 24 million people consists of some fifteen groups, the largest ones being Hungarians, Finns and ...

The greatest threat to language preservation comes when parents no longer teach it as a mother tongue to their children. At the same time, the example of the Livonian language shows that even if there ...