Ingrian language

Not to be confused with the Ingrian dialects.

Ingrian
ižoran keeli
Native toRussia
RegionIngria
Ethnicity1,143 Izhorians
Native speakers
76 (2020 census)[1]
< 20 (2018, estimated)[2][3]
111 (2006, verified)[4]
Uralic
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3izh
Glottologingr1248
ELPIngrian
Distribution of Ingrian and Votic at the beginning of the 20th century[5][6]
Ingrian is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
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Ingrian and Votic villages at the beginning of the 21st century[5][6]

Ingrian (inkeroin keeli Soikkola [ˈiŋɡ̊e̞roi̯ŋ ˈke̝ːlʲi]), also called Izhorian (ižoran keeli Soikkola [ˈiʒ̥o̞rɑŋ ˈke̝ːlʲi] Ala-Laukaa [ˈiʒo̞rəŋ ˈkeːlʲ]), is a Finnic language spoken by the (mainly Orthodox) Izhorians of Ingria. It has approximately 70 native speakers left, most of whom are elderly.[1][2][4]

The Ingrian language should be distinguished from the Ingrian dialect of the Finnish language, which became the majority language of Ingria in the 17th century with the influx of Lutheran Finnish immigrants; their descendants, the Ingrian Finns, are often referred to as Ingrians. The immigration of Lutheran Finns was promoted by Swedish authorities, who gained the area in 1617 from Russia, as the local population was (and remained) Orthodox.

  1. ^ a b "Росстат — Всероссийская перепись населения 2020". rosstat.gov.ru. Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b Markus, Elena; Rozhanskiy, Fedor (24 March 2022). "Chapter 18: Ingrian". In Bakró-Nagy, Marianne; Laakso, Johanna; Skribnik, Elena (eds.). The Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198767664.
  3. ^ Muslimov, Mehmet. "Ижорский язык". Малые языки россии. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Minorities was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Rantanen, Timo; Tolvanen, Harri; Roose, Meeli; Ylikoski, Jussi; Vesakoski, Outi (8 June 2022). "Best practices for spatial language data harmonization, sharing and map creation—A case study of Uralic". PLOS ONE. 17 (6): e0269648. Bibcode:2022PLoSO..1769648R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0269648. PMC 9176854. PMID 35675367.
  6. ^ a b 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