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Per•mic
(pûr′mik),USA pronunciation n.
- Language Varietiesa subfamily of Finnic, comprising the modern languages Udmurt and Komi, spoken in northeastern European Russia, and fragmentary attestations of an earlier language (Old Permic,) dating from the 15th century.
- Perm (Russian Perm’ ) + -ic, as translation of Russian pérmskiĭ
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