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Karelian  

Definition

  • Karelian (Livvi: karjala, Ludian: kard'al; Tver: kariela) is a Finnic language spoken mainly by the Karelian people in the Russian Republic of Karelia. Karelian is closely related to the Finnish dialects spoken in eastern Finland. Karelian is a group of two supradialects: Karelian Proper (which comprises Northern Karelian and Southern Karelian (including the Tver enclave dialects)) and Olonets Karelian (Livvi Karelian). The Ludic language is sometimes considered one more dialect of Karelian, sometimes a separate language. All variants are written with the Latin-based Karelian alphabet. Like all Finnic languages, Karelian belongs to the Uralic language family.

Identifier

  • KRL

Notation

  • krl

In other languages

  • карелски

    Bulgarian

  • karelijski

    Croatian

  • karelština

    Czech

  • karelsk

    Danish

  • Karelisch

    Dutch

  • karjala keel

    Estonian

  • karjala

    Finnish

  • carélien

    French

  • Karelisch

    German

  • καρελικά

    Greek

  • karjalai

    Hungarian

  • Cairéilis

    Irish

  • careliano

    Italian

  • kard'al

    Karelian

  • kariela
  • karēļu valoda

    Latvian

  • karelų

    Lithuanian

  • Kareljan

    Maltese

  • karelski

    Polish

  • carélio

    Portuguese

  • careliană

    Romanian

  • karelčina

    Slovak

  • karelščina

    Slovenian

  • carelio

    Spanish

  • karelska

    Swedish

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KRL

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