Tver Karelian | |
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Karielan kieli | |
Native to | Russia |
Region | Tver Oblast |
Ethnicity | Karelians |
Uralic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Spread of Karelian in the 20th century. |
The Tver Karelian dialect is a dialect of the Karelian language spoken in the Tver Oblast. It is descended from 17th century South Karelian speakers who migrated to the Tver region.[1][2]
Although Tver Karelian descents from Karelian Proper, it often contains many differences from other Karelian Proper dialects.[3] The Tver Karelian dialect contains very strong influences from the Russian language, especially in the phonetics of the dialect.[4]
A standardized written language has been created for the Tver dialect.[5] And the earliest translation of the Bible in Karelian was made using the Tver dialect in 1820.[6]
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