The Finno-Permic languages form one of the main branches of the Finno-Ugric languages that split from it around 2500 - 3000 BC. Finno-Permic is estimated to have branched into Permic languages and Finno-Volgaic languages around 2000 BC....
Finno-Volgaic is a subgroup of Finno-Ugric languages that split from Finno-Permic languages about 2000 BC, containing nowadays Baltic-Finnic languages, Sami languages and Volga-Finnic languages....
The Baltic-Finnic languages, spoken around the Baltic Sea by about 7 million people, are a branch of Finnic languages belonging to the Finno-Ugric group of the Uralic languages.... and/or Volga-Finnic languages
Volga-Finnic languages
The Volga-Finnic languages, also referred to as Volgaic are a subgroup of the Uralic languages , the languages of Volga Finns. The group contains Mari language and Mordvinic languages, which in turn comprises Moksha language and Erzya language....