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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › KareliansKarelians - Wikipedia

    Karelians (Karelian: karjalaižet, karjalazet, karjalaiset; Finnish: karjalaiset; Swedish: kareler, karelare; Russian: карелы, romanized: karely) are a Finnic ethnic group who are indigenous to the historical region of Karelia, which is today split between Finland and Russia.

  2. Karelian ( Karelian Proper and Livvi-Karelian: karjala, karjalan kieli; Ludian: kard'al, kard'alan kiel'; Tver Karelian: kariela, karielan kieli) is a Finnic language spoken mainly in the Russian Republic of Karelia.

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  3. Oct 17, 2016 · The native inhabitants of the Republic of Karelia, one of Russia’s most beautiful regions located along the border with Finland, are seeking ways to maintain their traditional culture in the...

  4. Karelian language. 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.

  5. Article History. Related Topics: Olonets language. Baltic-Finnic languages. Karelian language, member of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family, spoken in Karelia republic of northwestern Russia and by emigrants in neighbouring Finland. There are two dialects of Karelian—Karelian proper and Olonets.

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  6. www.wikiwand.com › en › KareliansKarelians - Wikiwand

    Karelians are a Finnic ethnic group who are indigenous to the historical region of Karelia, which is today split between Finland and Russia. Karelians living in Russian Karelia are considered a distinct ethnic group closely related to Finnish Karelians, who are considered a subset of Finns.

  7. Karelian is one of the Baltic-Finnic languages and is divided into three main dialects: North Karelian, spoken in the northern area of former Soviet Karelia, and the Livonian and Lydian dialects of the south. Each dialect is still quite different from the others, which makes it difficult to develop a single written Karelian language.

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