Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Livvi Karelian, Olonets, Aunus, ливвиковский язык, liygi, livvin kieli, Aunuksenkarjalan kieli, Livvikovian, Southern Olonetsian,Olonec, Südwest-Karelisch, Olonetzisch, aunuksen kieli, livviki, livvikovskij jazyk, Southern Karelian, Lívõnkél, Livvikovian, Olonecian, Livvisch
CLASSIFICATION		Uralic, Finnic
ORTHOGRAPHY		Roman alphabetic script
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		olo
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Information from: “Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~27,000
Native speakers worldwide

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TRANSMISSION

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A few children in Russia learn the language, but most if not all of them become more fluent in Russian and largely stop using Olonetsian later in life. In Finland, there are a few thousand speakers, all elderly, and even those who are fluent in Olonetsian use mostly Finnish.

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Roman alphabetic script

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PLACES: Russia, Finland

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken northeast of Lake Ladoga in the southwest of the Republic of Karelia in the Russian Federation in an area which includes Olonets County (except the eastern corner), the western parts of Pryazha County and the southwestern part of Kondopoga County. In Finland, Olonetsian is spoken by people evacuated, in 1940 and 1944, from former Finnish territories north of Lake Ladoga including Salmi and Impilahti counties, currently the eastern parts of
Pitkyaranta (Pitka¨ranta) County and the southern corner of Suoyarvi (Suoja¨rvi) County in the Republic of Karelia.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
19,270
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
65,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
14,100 in Russian Federation (2000 WCD). Population total all countries: 19,270. Ethnic population: 65,000.

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Finland; Russia;

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
19,314
Native speakers worldwide

3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		25,000		10000-99999		Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						61.1273,32.8765
	2007	Europe and North Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	211-282	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			Tapani Salminen	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.	HHOLD		~27,000		10000-99999		Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	12	A few children in Russia learn the language, but most if not all of them become more fluent in Russian and largely stop using Olonetsian later in life. In Finland, there are a few thousand speakers, all elderly, and even those who are fluent in Olonetsian use mostly Finnish.	14	Russia, Finland	Spoken northeast of Lake Ladoga in the southwest of the Republic of Karelia in the Russian Federation in an area which includes Olonets County (except the eastern corner), the western parts of Pryazha County and the southwestern part of Kondopoga County. In Finland, Olonetsian is spoken by people evacuated, in 1940 and 1944, from former Finnish territories north of Lake Ladoga including Salmi and Impilahti counties, currently the eastern parts of Pitkyaranta (Pitka¨ranta) County and the southern corner of Suoyarvi (Suoja¨rvi) County in the Republic of Karelia.
		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			19,314		10000-99999		Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	65,000	19,270	2000	10000-99999	14,100 in Russian Federation (2000 WCD). Population total all countries: 19,270. Ethnic population: 65,000.	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Finland; Russia;

Livvi

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Language information by source

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~27,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

19,270

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

19,314

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Livvi

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~27,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

19,270

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

19,314

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