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Karelian language

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Karelian
karjala, karjalan kieli
Native toRussia
RegionKarelia
EthnicityKarelians (1989 census)[1]
Native speakers
8753 in Russia and 11000 in Finland (2010 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3krl
Glottologkare1335
ELPKarelian

Karelian, is a Finnic language spoken in Karelia, Russia and Finland. It is spoken by Karelians.[1]

It is not to be confused with Livvi-Karelian, which is a different language.


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Karelian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)