Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples and Civic Diplomacy "Young Karelia" ("Nuori Karjala") is
Also Known As:
karjala, карельский язык, Karelian proper, Karelisch, carélien, karely, Sobstvenno-Karel'skij-Jazyk, Karely, Karelian Proper, Karel'skiy Jazyk, Severno-Karel'skij, karel΄skij jazyk, karjalan kieli, venäjänkarjalaisten kieli, Russisch-Karelisch, Olonetzisch-Lüdisch, Gárjilgiella
Dialects & Varieties
- Southern Karelian
- Northern Karelian
- Novgorod
- Tver
- Olonets Karelian
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
Vulnerable
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
35,600
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 1
Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
60,800
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Russia
Location Description
"Kareliya Republic, Murmanskaya Oblast’, and Leningradskaya Oblast’; some in Tverskaya Oblast’, mainly Tolmachi area, Maksatikha and Ves’yegonsk."
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Russian [rus], Finnish [fin]
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
Latin
Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
Cyrillic is no longer used.
Recent Resources
Language in Society
Language in the Community
Language Revitalization, Education, and Learning
Language in Society
Language in the Community
Language Revitalization, Education, and Learning
A mini-grant program designed for language activists in the Baltic Sea region.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Karelian