The Ingrian language (also called Izhorian) is a Finno-Ugric language spoken by the (mainly orthodox) Izhorians of Ingria. It has approximately 300 speakers, most of whom are aging. It should not be confused with the Karelian dialect of the Finnish language that became the majority language of Ingria in the 17th century with the influx of Lutheran Finnish immigrants. The Ingrian flag Map of Karelia giving an idea of where Ingria lies. ... Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ... Geographical distribution of Samoyedic, Finnic, Ugric and Yukaghir languages Yukaghir Samoyedic Ugric Finnic The Uralic languages (pronounced: ) form a language family of about 30 languages spoken by approximately 20 million people. ... Approximate geographical distribution of areas where indigenous Finno-Ugric languages are spoken. ... The Finno-Permic languages are a large branch of the Finno-Ugric languages. ... Baltic-Finnic languages are a subgroup of Finno-Ugric languages, spoken around the Baltic Sea by about 6 million people. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes: a code for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B) a code for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T). ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ... For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words see here. ... Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone meaning sound, voice) is the study of sounds and the human voice. ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Approximate geographical distribution of areas where indigenous Finno-Ugric languages are spoken. ... The Russian Orthodox Church (Russian: ), also known as the Orthodox Catholic Church of Russia, is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs and primates of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ... The Izhorians (sg. ... The Ingrian flag Map of Karelia giving an idea of where Ingria lies. ... Finnish ( ) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92%[2] as mother tongue) and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ...
Their literary language is the same as that of Suomi Finns, and is complemented with many local dialects.
Ingrian Finns are represented in UNPO by Inkeri Liitto.
The serious interest shown by outsiders in the Voticlanguage and in the collection of materials about their language has raised the status of their native language in the eyes of the Votes and postponed their linguistic assimilation.
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