Livvi-Karelian language explained

Livvi-Karelian
Nativename:Ливви<br>livvi
States:Russia, Finland
Region:between Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega, northward of Svir River, Karelia
Speakers:14,100–25,000
Date:2000–2010
Ref:[1]
Script:Latin (Karelian alphabet)
Familycolor:Uralic
Fam2:Finnic
Fam3:Northern Finnic
Fam4:Karelian
Iso3:olo
Glotto:livv1243
Glottorefname:Livvi
Minority: Finland[2]
Map:2.2a-Karelian-and-Ludic traditional.png
Mapcaption:Distribution of Karelian and Ludic at the beginning of the 20th century[4] [5]
Map2:Lang Status 60-DE.svg
People:Karelians
Language:Karelian

Livvi-Karelian
Country:Karelia

Livvi-Karelian[6] (Alternate names: Liygi, Livvi, Livvikovian, Olonets, Southern Olonetsian, Karelian; Russian: ливвиковское наречие|translit=livvikovskoye narechiye)[6] [7] is a supradialect of the Karelian language, which is a Finnic language of the Uralic family,[8] spoken by Olonets Karelians (self-appellation livvi, livgilaizet), traditionally inhabiting the area between Ladoga and Onega lakes, northward of Svir River. The name "Olonets Karelians" is derived from the territory inhabited, Olonets Krai, named after the town of Olonets, named after the Olonka River.

History

Before World War II, Livvi-Karelian was spoken both in Russia and in Finland, in the easternmost part of Finnish Karelia. After Finland was forced to cede large parts of Karelia to the USSR after the war, the Finnish Livvi-Karelian population was resettled in Finland. Today there are still native speakers of Livvi-Karelian living scattered throughout Finland, but all areas in which Livvi-Karelian remains a community language are found in Russia.

Speakers of Livvi-Karelian may be found mainly in Olonetsky, Pryazhinsky, Pitkyarantsky, and partly Suoyarvsky districts of the Republic of Karelia.[9] Livvi-Karelian long remained relatively uninfluenced by the Russian language despite the large influx of Russians following the founding of Saint Petersburg in 1703.

Phonology

Vowels

FrontBack
rnd.urnd.rnd.urnd.
Closepronounced as /i/ pronounced as /iː/pronounced as /y/ pronounced as /yː/pronounced as /u/ pronounced as /uː/
Midpronounced as /e/pronounced as /ø/pronounced as /o/
Openpronounced as /æ/pronounced as /ɑ/

Consonants

LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
plainpal.
Plosivevoicelesspronounced as /p/pronounced as /t/pronounced as /tʲ/pronounced as /k/
voicedpronounced as /b/pronounced as /d/pronounced as /dʲ/pronounced as /ɡ/
Affricatevoicelesspronounced as /t͡s/pronounced as /t͡ʃ/
voicedpronounced as /d͡ʒ/
Fricativevoiceless(pronounced as /f/)pronounced as /s/pronounced as /ʃ/(pronounced as /x/)pronounced as /h/
voicedpronounced as /z/pronounced as /ʒ/
Nasalpronounced as /m/pronounced as /n/(pronounced as /ŋ/)
Approximantpronounced as /ʋ/pronounced as /l/pronounced as /j/
Rhoticpronounced as /r/

Alphabet

Livvi-Karelian uses the Latin alphabet and has the following letters in its alphabet, which is called the Karelian alphabet: Aa, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Zz, Žž, Tt, Uu, Vv, Yy, Ää, Öö.[11]

Until 2007, the ü letter was a part of the Livvi-Karelian alphabet, which has been recommended by the Karelian language board to be instead be changed to the y letter.[12]

Grammar

Livvi-Karelian and its grammatical cases are quite similar to the Finnish language and other related Finnic languages.

The word 'food' in Livvi-Karelian cases:[13]

casesingularplural
nom.
gen.
par.
ine.
ill.
ela.
ade.
abe.
all.
abl.
ess.
tra.
com.
prol.
term.
approx.
acc.

Common phrases[14] [15]

Hello! -

How are you? -

Good night! -

Good afternoon! -

Do you speak Karelian? -

I'm sorry. -

You're welcome. -

I love you. -

Goodbye. -

My name is ... -

Excuse me. -

Help! -

Cheers! -

Right. -

Left. -

Yes. -

No.. -

One. -

Two. -

Three. -

Four. -

Five. -

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Karjalainen . Heini . Puura . Ulriikka . Grünthal . Riho . Kovaleva . Svetlana . Karelian in Russia. ELDIA Case-Specific Report . Studies in European Language Diversity . 26 . ELDIA . 2013 . 2192-2403.
  2. http://www.finlex.fi/fi/sopimukset/sopsteksti/2009/20090068 Change in the regulation by the president of Finland
  3. Web site: Законодательные акты: О государственной поддержке карельского, вепсского и финского языков в Республике Карелия . 8 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171011113305/http://gov.karelia.ru/Legislation/lawbase.html?lid=1751 . 11 October 2017 . dead .
  4. Rantanen . Timo . Tolvanen . Harri . Roose . Meeli . Ylikoski . Jussi . Vesakoski . Outi . 2022-06-08 . Best practices for spatial language data harmonization, sharing and map creation—A case study of Uralic . PLOS ONE . en . 17 . 6 . e0269648 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0269648. free . 35675367 . 9176854 . 2022PLoSO..1769648R .
  5. Rantanen, Timo, Vesakoski, Outi, Ylikoski, Jussi, & Tolvanen, Harri. (2021). Geographical database of the Uralic languages (v1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4784188
  6. Web site: Livvi-Karelian . . 28 May 2011.
  7. Book: Moseley, Christopher . Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages . 2007 . Psychology Press . 263 . 9780203645659 .
  8. Web site: Language Family Trees, Uralic, Finnic . . 28 May 2011.
  9. http://livviki.karelia.ru/language/ "Karelian Language"
  10. Book: Sarhimaa, Anneli . Karelian . Oxford University Press . 2022 . Oxford Guides to the World's Languages (1st ed.) . 274–275.
  11. Book: Pyöli, Raija . Livvinkarjalan kielioppi . 2011 . Karjalan Kielen Seura . 978-952-5790-25-2 . fi.
  12. Web site: Kirjaimikkuo suurendetah . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140924053601/http://www.omamua.rkperiodika.ru/issues/2014/numero_1/kirjaimikkuo_suurendetah/ . 2014-09-24 . 2024-01-06.
  13. Web site: VepKar :: Lemmas . 2023-10-17 . dictorpus.krc.karelia.ru.
  14. Web site: Useful phrases in Livvi-Karelian . 2023-10-17 . www.omniglot.com.
  15. Web site: Craig Gibson . Digital Dialects 2020 . Digital Dialects Karelian games . 2023-10-17 . www.digitaldialects.com.