Northern Karelian | |
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North Karelian White Sea Karelian Viena Karelian | |
Vienankarjala | |
Native to | Russia and Finland |
Region | White Sea Karelia |
Uralic
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Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | krl |
Glottolog | nort2673 |
Karelian Proper consists of 1a |
Northern Karelian (also called: White Sea Karelian, Viena Karelian and North Karelian) (North Karelian: Vienankarjala) is one of the two dialects of Karelian Proper. Northern Karelian is spoken in White Karelia, and is spoken by some in Hietajärvi , Kuivajärvi 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.[5] It also differs due to its more common usage of the š [sh/see] letter more than in Karelian dialects.
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