ISO 639-3 · vepvep
Uralic family
Veps
vepsän kel'
Veps is a language of the Finnic branch (Uralic), spoken in Russia. Wikidata counts about 1,276 speakers (2021). Wikidata describes it as “Finnic language native to Northwest Russia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
vep- Glottocode
veps1250- Family
- Uralic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Centre point
- 60.50, 36.00
- Wikipedia
- 85 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
6levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Veps · vepsän kel' |
|---|---|
| Also called | Vepsian language, vep, Veps language, Vepsian |
| All speakers | 1,276 (2021) |
| Written in | Latin script, Veps writing |
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: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Uralic to Veps
The branches above Veps, 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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