ISO 639-3 · krlkrl
Uralic family
Karelian
karjalan kieli
Karelian is a language of the Northern Finnic branch (Uralic), spoken in Russia and Finland. Wikidata counts 35,600 first-language speakers (2010). Wikidata describes it as “Finnic language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
krl- Glottocode
kare1335- Family
- Uralic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 99 language editions
35,600first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
7levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Karelian · karjalan kieli |
|---|---|
| Also called | Karelian language, krl |
| L1 speakers | 35,600 (2010) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Uralic to Karelian
The branches above Karelian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Russia
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