The Ugric language belongs to the Uralic family , the Udmurts are therefore considered to be a branch of the Finno-Udmurt peoples .
The Udmurt language belongs to the Uralic family , and the Udmuren are therefore considered to be a branch of the Finno-Ugric peoples .

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