Veps language
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| Veps language | ||
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| Spoken in: | Russia | |
| Region: | Veps Autonomous Rural district, Republic of Karelia; Vologda Oblast | |
| Total speakers: | 6,355 (1989 census [1]) | |
| Language family: | Uralic Finno-Ugric Finno-permic Baltic-Finnic Veps language |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | fiu | |
| ISO 639-3: | vep | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
The Veps language (also known as Vepsian), spoken by the Vepsians (also known as Veps), belongs to the Baltic-Finnic group of the Finno-Ugric languages.
According to Soviet statistics, 8 000 people were self-designated ethnic Veps at the end of the 1970s.
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 river Syväri, including the Veps Autonomous Rural district), Central Veps (in the Saint Petersburg region), and Southern Veps (in the Vologda Oblast). The Northern dialect seems the most distinct of the three; however, it is still possible for speakers of one dialect group to understand those of another. Speakers of the Northern dialect call themselves Ludi, or Ludilainen. Their language is sometimes classified as an offshoot of Karelian.
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[edit] Grammar
Veps is an agglutinating language.
[edit] Nouns
In Veps, 12 cases exist:
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | nado (sister-in-law) | nadod |
| Genitive | nadon | nadoid'en |
| Accusative | nadon, nado | nadod |
| Partitive | nadod | nadoid |
| Translative | nadoks | nadoikš |
| Abessive | nadota | nadoita |
| Innesive-Elative | nados | nadoiš |
| Illative | nadoho | nadoihe |
| Adessive-Ablative | nadou | nadoil' |
| Allative | nadole | nadoil'e |
| Instructive | rubl'iń (with rouble) | (-) |
[edit] Personal pronouns
The personal pronouns are of Finno-Ugric origin:
| Veps | English |
| m´ińa | I |
| śińa | you |
| h´än | he/she/it |
| m´ii | we |
| t´ii | you (plural) |
| h´ii | they |
[edit] Numbers
| Number | Veps |
| 1 | ükś |
| 2 | kakś |
| 3 | kuume |
| 4 | ńel'l' |
| 5 | v´iž |
| 6 | kuź |
| 7 | śiičeme |
| 8 | kahesa |
| 9 | ühesa |
| 10 | k´ümńe |
[edit] External links
| Finno-Ugric languages | |||
| Ugric | Hungarian | Khanty | Mansi | ||
| Permic | Komi | Komi-Permyak | Udmurt | ||
| Finno-Volgaic | Mari | Erzya | Moksha | Merya† | Meshcherian† | Muromian† | ||
| Sami | Akkala Sami† | Inari Sami | Kemi Sami† | Kildin Sami | Lule Sami | Northern Sami | Pite Sami | Skolt Sami | Southern Sami | Ter Sami | Ume Sami | ||
| Baltic-Finnic | Estonian | Finnish | Ingrian | Karelian | Kven | Livonian | Ludic | Meänkieli | South Estonian | Veps | Votic | Võro † denotes extinct |
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