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Ugrian
(y´grn, ´) (KEY) or Ugric (y´grk, ´) (KEY) , subgroup of the Finno-Ugric group of languages, which is, in turn, a subdivision of the Uralic subfamily of the Ural-Altaic family of languages. See Finno-Ugric languages; Uralic and Altaic languages.