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Encyclopedia > Olonets Karelian

Olonets-Karelian (East Karelian, Livvi) is the variety of Karelian language spoken by Olonets-Karelians, traditionally inhabiting the area of the Olonka River.


Olonets-Karelian long remained relatively uninfluented by Russian language despite the influx of Russians following the founding of Saint Petersburg in 1703.


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Raija Pyöli Thesis (469 words)
The main purpose of the analyses is to explore the present state of Olonets Karelian and the degree of its russification.
Young Karelian parents have little motivation to pass the minority language on to their children, mainly because of the high prestige of Russian as the language of education and social mobility.
Olonets Karelian, despite the strong Russian influence, has preserved its basic structure, and the speakers are able to use it without fear of being categorized as 'semispeakers'.
Karelian language (141 words)
Karelian is a dialect of, or a language closely related to, Finnish.
It belongs to the Finno-Ugric languages, and is chiefly distinguished from standard Finnish by the lack of influence from modern 19th and 20th century Finnish.
Attempts to standardize Karelian with a Cyrillic alphabet were unsuccessful, and today the Karelian republic (of the Russian federation) consider Karelian a dialect of Finnish, why Finnish is one of its official languages.
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