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
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.
Download .zip files of Karelian-Russian and Russian-Karelian dictionaries for the northern and south
Threatened
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
63,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 2
Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.
2
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.
Bibliography of Locations:
2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
Bibliography of Context:
Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.