| Northern Karelian | |
| Familycolor: | Uralic |
| Fam2: | Finnic |
| Fam3: | Northern Finnic |
| Fam4: | Karelian |
| Also Known As: | North Karelian White Sea Karelian Viena Karelian |
| Nativename: | Vienankarjala |
| Region: | White Sea Karelia |
| Glotto: | nort2673 |
| States: | Russia and Finland |
| Minority: |  Finland[1] |
| Iso3: | krl |
| Map: | 2.2a-Karelian-and-Ludic traditional.png |
| Mapcaption: | Karelian Proper consists of 1a |
| Fam5: | Karelian Proper |
Northern Karelian (also called: White Sea Karelian, Viena Karelian and North Karelian) is one of the two dialects of Karelian Proper. Northern Karelian is spoken in White Karelia, and is spoken by some in, and Kuhmo in Finland.[3] Northern Karelian is the most mutually intelligible Karelian dialect to Finnish Language speakers.[4]
Northern Karelian differs from South Karelian due to its inclusion of the voiceless consonants p, t, k, s and š. It also differs due to its more common usage of the š [sh/see] letter more than in Karelian dialects.
Northern Karelian is spoken in the northernmost parts of the Republic of Karelia, which is called White Karelia and in, and Kuhmo, Finland. Specifically it is spoken in the parishes of,, Kiestinki, Kontokki,, Paanajärvi,, Suomussalmi, Uhtua,, and Vuokkiniemi.[5]
The following example is from Petroskoi in 1995:[6]
Southern, Northern and Livvi dialects compared:[7]| Livvi | Southern | Northern | English | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pakkaskuu | pakkaiskuu | pakkaiskuu | January | |
| tuhukuu | tuuččakuu | tuiskukuu | February | |
| kevätkuu | kevätkuu | kevätkuu | March | |
| sulakuu | sulakuu | šulakuu | April |