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Preferred term

Livvi  

Definition

  • Livvi-Karelian (or Liygi, Livvi, Livvikovian, Olonets, Southern Olonetsian) is a supradialect of Karelian, which is a Finnic language of the Uralic family, spoken by Olonets Karelians (self-appellation livvi, livgilaizet), traditionally inhabiting the area between Ladoga and Onega lakes, northward of Svir River.

Entry terms

  • Livvi-Karelian

Identifier

  • OLO

Notation

  • olo

In other languages

  • livviko keel

    Estonian

  • livvinkarjala

    Finnish

  • ливвиковское наречие

    Russian

URI

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

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