The term Finnic languages have often been used to designate all the Finno-Permic languages, it has been based on an earlier belief that Permic languages are closer to Finnish than to Hungarian [2]
In the past, the Finno-Permic languages together with the Ugric languages were thought to constitute a closer Finno-Ugric group of languages, separating this entity more sharply from the Samoyedic languages. Today, however, the node between Finno-Permic and Ugric is increasingly seen to be a separation equally fundamental as is the separation between Samoyedic from Ugric or from Finno-Permic.
Interpretation of grouping the Finnic/Finno-Permic languages can vary among different scholars. The following proposals for classification are listed by Ruhlen (1987): [3] and by Angela Marcantonio in 2002 [4]
Finnic/Finno-Permic languages by Collinder, 1965
Finnic/Finno-Permic languages by Austerlitz 1968
Finnic/Finno-Permic languages by Sauvageot & Menges 1973
Finnic/Finno-Permic languages by Harms 1974
Finnic/Finno-Permic languages by Vogelin & Vogelin 1977