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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Karelian language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | It belongs to the Finno-Ugric languages, and is distinguished from standard Finnish by some important extensions to the phonology and the lack of influence from modern 19th and 20th century Finnish. |
 | | Ludic or Ludian is a Baltic Finnic language in the Uralic language family. |
 | | The Karelian language is very closely related to the Finnish language, and particularly by Finnish linguists seen as a dialect of Finnish, although the variety spoken in East Karelia is usually seen as a proper language. |
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