Karelian

Finnic language
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Karelian

Summary

Karelian is a language[1]. Karelian ranks in the top 1% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,102 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Karelian is in the country of Russia[3].
  • Karelian is in the country of Finland[4].
  • Karelian's instance of is recorded as language[5].
  • Karelian's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Karelian is a type of Northern Finnic[7].
  • Karelian's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Karelian's Commons category is recorded as Karelian language[9].
  • Karelian's Wikimedia language code is recorded as krl[10].
  • Karelian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Karelian language[11].
  • Karelian's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+35600'}[12].
  • Karelian's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Karelian[13].
  • Karelian's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[14].
  • Karelian's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'olo', 'text': 'karjalan kieli'}[15].
  • Karelian's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'os', 'text': 'карелаг'}[16].
  • Karelian's UNESCO language status is recorded as 3 definitely endangered[17].
  • Karelian's indigenous to is recorded as South Karelia[18].
  • Karelian's indigenous to is recorded as North Karelia[19].
  • Karelian's indigenous to is recorded as Karelia[20].
  • Karelian's indigenous to is recorded as Murmansk Oblast[21].
  • Karelian's indigenous to is recorded as Tver Oblast[22].
  • Karelian's indigenous to is recorded as Leningrad Oblast[23].
  • Karelian's indigenous to is recorded as Karelia[24].
  • Karelian's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KRL[25].
  • Karelian's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 6b Threatened[26].
  • Karelian's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[27].

Why It Matters

Karelian ranks in the top 1% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,102 views/month).[2] Karelian has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Karelian is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Unesco language status 3 definitely endangered
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