Ludic language

Ludic
Native to Russia (Republic of Karelia)
Region Near northeastern shore of Lake Onega
Native speakers
 3,000 (2012)[1]
Latin (Karelian alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
 recognised as minority language in:
Republic of Karelia[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lud
Glottolog ludi1246[3]

Ludic or Ludian or Ludic Karelian (Luudi, Lyydi, or lüüdi) is a Finnic language in the Uralic language family. It is transitional between Olonets Karelian language and Veps language.[1] It originated as a northern dialect of Veps transformed under heavy Karelian influence. It is spoken by 3,000 Karelians in the Republic of Karelia in Russia, near the northwestern shore of Lake Onega, including a few children.

Classification

In the Finnish research tradition, Ludic has been considered, on historical grounds, a transitional dialect area between Karelian and Veps, while in the Russian research tradition it is, on ethnographic grounds, normally considered a dialect of Karelian. A status as an independent language has been proposed in recent times.[4] Ludic is characterized by a specific mixture of Karelian-like traits (such as the diphthongization of the Proto-Finnic non-open long vowels: e.g. *pää > piä 'head', *soo > suo 'swamp', contrast Veps pä, so)[5] and Veps-like traits (such as an almost complete loss of consonant gradation).[6]

Dialects

Ludic comprises three main dialect groups:[4]

The strongest Karelian influence is found in Northern Ludic, while the Kuďäŕv dialect shares the most features with Veps.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Ludic at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Законодательные акты: О государственной поддержке карельского, вепсского и финского языков в Республике Карелия
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Ludian". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. 1 2 Pahomov 2011, p. 10.
  5. ↑ Pahomov 2011, p. 29.
  6. ↑ Pahomov 2011, p. 32.

Literature


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