Karelians - Wikipedia Karelians (Karelian: karjalaižet, karjalazet, karjalaiset; Finnish: karjalaiset; Swedish: kareler, karelare; Russian: карелы, romanized: karely) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group who are indigenous to the historical region of Karelia, which is today split between Finland and Russia
Karelian language, alphabet and pronunciation - Omniglot Karelian is a Finnic language spoken mainly in the Russian Republic of Karelia, and also in Finland In 2010 there were about 25,600 speakers of Karelian in the Russian Federation, and there were 5,000 in Finland in 2018
Karelian language | Finno-Ugric, Baltic, Dialects | Britannica Karelian language, member of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family, spoken in Karelia republic of northwestern Russia and by emigrants in neighbouring Finland There are two dialects of Karelian—Karelian proper and Olonets
Karelians - Encyclopedia. com Karelian is one of the Baltic-Finnic languages and is divided into three main dialects: North Karelian, spoken in the northern area of former Soviet Karelia, and the Livonian and Lydian dialects of the south
Karelia - Wikipedia Karelia ( k ə ˈ r iː l ɪ ə, k ə ˈ r iː l j ə ; Karelian and Finnish: Karjala [ˈkɑrjɑlɑ]; Russian: Каре́лия, romanized: Kareliya [kɐˈrʲelʲɪjə], historically Коре́ла, Korela [kɐˈrʲelʲə]; Swedish: Karelen [kɑˈreːlen]) is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Russia (including the
Indigenous peoples of Karelia: the Karelians The Karelians are the indigenous people of Karelia, who lived on these lands for hundreds of years In addition to the common name different ethnic groups Karel preserved their self-designation
Karelians - Fenno-Ugria Due to its strategic location, the traditional Karelian territory has been the border between the West and the East As a result, there is not one but three Karelias: Finnish Karelia, Russian Karelia and Tver Karelia Karelians live in the Republic of Karelia (of the Russian Federation), with Petrozavodsk as its capital
Karelians: Life on the border between cultures - Russia Beyond In the Russian North, along the Finnish border, there lives small group of Finno-Ugric people who have existed for centuries at the crossroads of Russian Orthodox, Catholic and Lutheran cultures
Karelian Mythology | Mythosphere The Karelian people, an ethnic group residing primarily in the border regions of Finland and Russia, possess a rich tapestry of beliefs, mythology, and rituals that form a significant part of their cultural heritage