Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples and Civic Diplomacy "Young Karelia" ("Nuori Karjala") is
Also Known As:
Vepsian, vepsä, вепсский язык, lüüd, vesj, chudj, Wepsisch, vepse, lüd, vepsy, Vepsä, Vepsisch, l΄üd'ikel΄, vepsskij jazyk, Chudy, Chuhari, Chukhari, vepsän kel’
Dialects & Varieties
- Southern Veps
- Prionezh
- Central Veps
Europe and North Asia
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.
Severely Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~6,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 4
Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.
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Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
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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
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
In recent years Veps has been studied as a subject in local schools.
Location and Context
Countries
Russia
Location Description
Northwestern Russia: Northern Veps is spoken in the eastern part of Onega (Prionezhskiy) County in the southeast of the Republic of Karelia in the Russian Federation; Central Veps is spoken in a larger area across the boundary of St Petersburg (Leningrad) and Vologda provinces, mainly in the southern part of Podporozh’ye County, the eastern corner of Tikhvin County and the northeastern part of Boksitogorsk counties in St Petersburg Province, and the western parts of Babayevo and Vytegra counties in Vologda Province; Southern Veps is spoken in the southeastern part of Boksitogorsk County.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
Veps was used as a literary language in the mid-1930s and again in the 1990s.
Recent Resources
Language in Society
Language in the Community
Language Revitalization, Education, and Learning
It's written in old Latvian orthography which is also known as Endzelīns orthography.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Veps