{"id":18231,"date":"2016-03-23T12:20:52","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T12:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fennougria.ee\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2023-05-12T13:22:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T10:22:25","slug":"baltic-finnic-peoples","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/baltic-finnic-peoples\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnic Peoples"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finnic peoples speak Finnic languages of the Finno-Ugric language family. Finnic languages are further divided into two groups based on their geography and language features.<\/p>

Southern group of Finnic languages<\/h2>

This group includes Estonian, Votic and Livonian languages. According to some viewpoints this group also includes the South-Estonian language which in turn includes Seto and V\u00f5ro languages that traditionally have been considered dialects of the Estonian language.<\/p>

Northern group of Finnic languages<\/h2>

This group includes Finnish, Izhorian, Karelian and Veps languages.<\/p>

Dialects or not?<\/h3>

Often Livvi Karelian and Ludic Karelian are considered separate Finnic languages. In Sweden, Me\u00e4nkieli \u2013 a type of Finnish spoken in Northern Sweden \u2013 has been recognised as a minority language since 2002. Norway has also recognised since 2005 the Kven language (kainun kieli<\/em>) as an official minority language, having previously considered it a dialect of Finnish.<\/p>

Written languages<\/h3>

Estonian and Finnish have the status of national languages. Of the other Finnic languages, Livonian, Veps, Karelian, Livvi Karelian and V\u00f5ro have written languages. Publications are also issued in Me\u00e4nkieli, Kven, Seto and Votic, but comprehensive written language standards have not been developed for these languages.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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\r\n Estonians <\/h3>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

First archeological settlements of Estonians date back approximately 10 000 years. The oldest settlement site, near Sindi at the P\u00e4rnu river, was inhabited in the …<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n<\/div>

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\r\n Livonians <\/h3>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

Currently there are only a few scores of speakers of the Livonian language, and nobody speaks it as a mother tongue.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n<\/div>

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\r\n Izhorians <\/h3>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

Names  Izhorians refer to themselves as inkeroine\u00a0or\u00a0izhora,\u00a0karjalain\u00a0and more generally\u00a0maav\u00e4ki. The word “Izhorian” may originate from the Russian-language name of the Neva river tributary izhora,\u00a0to which …<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n<\/div>

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\r\n Ingrians <\/h3>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

Ingrians refer themselves ‘inkeril\u00e4inen’ (Ingrian) or ‘Inkerin suomalainen’ (Ingrian Finn) after the historical Ingria.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n<\/div>

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\r\n Finns <\/h3>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

Territories Finns have traditionally lived in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Ingria (in Leningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation). Population Finns are the second largest Finno-Ugric …<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n<\/div>

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\r\n Votes <\/h3>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

Names The Votes have referred to themselves as vad’d’alaiz\u00f5d, vai rahvaz, maav\u00e4\u010di, and they are also associated with the ethnonyms chud and vod’ mentioned in Russian chronicles and documents …<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n<\/div>

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\r\n Veps <\/h3>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

Names Veps (also Vepsians) call themselves vepslaine, bepslaane, l\u00fcdilaine. Their language is called veps\u00e4n kel’, veps\u00e4n keli, also l\u00fcdikel. The latter may be derived from the …<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n<\/div>

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\r\n Karelians <\/h3>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

Territory Ancestors of the Karelians lived to the southwest of today’s Republic of Karelia, in the Karelian Isthmus between the Gulf of Finland and Lake …<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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