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Veps (Vepsän kelʹ)
Native to: Russia
Region: Karelia, Ingria, Vologda Oblast, Veps National Volost, Leningrad Oblast
Ethnicity 5,900 Veps (2010 census)
Native speakers 1,600 (2010 census)
Language family: Uralic

spoken by the Vepsians (also known as Veps), belongs to the Finnic group of the Uralic languages. Closely related to Finnish and Karelian, Veps is also written using Latin script.

According to Soviet statistics, 12,500 people were self-designated ethnic Veps at the end of 1989.

According to the location of the people, the language is divided into three main dialects: Northern Veps (at Lake Onega to the south of Petrozavodsk, to the north of the river Svir, including the former Veps National Volost), Central Veps (in the East of the Leningrad Oblast and Northwest of the Vologda Oblast), and Southern Veps (in the Leningrad Oblast). The Northern dialect seems the most distinct of the three; however, it is still mutually intelligible for speakers of the other two dialects. Speakers of the Northern dialect call themselves "Ludi" (lüdikad), or lüdilaižed.

In Russia, more than 350 children learn the Veps language in a total of 5 national schools.

LINKS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veps_language#:~:text=The%20Veps%20language%20(also%20known,also%20written%20using%20Latin%20script.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vepsians
https://omniglot.com/writing/veps.htm
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCukj1NRb-QzW1RhxvUfGo0A

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