The Uralic language family is a group of languages primarily spoken in Northern Europe and Siberia. It includes major languages such as Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian. These languages share common linguistic features and are believed to have originated from a common ancestral language. The Uralic languages are divided into two main branches: Finnic and Ugric. The Finnic branch includes languages like Finnish and Estonian, while the Ugric branch consists of Hungarian and several languages spoken by indigenous peoples in Siberia. The family is known for its unique grammatical structures and vocabulary.