Ethnologue

Ludian

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Ludic, Lyudic, Lyudikovian, Lüüdi

Autonym

Lüüdikiel

Population

3,000 (2012 T. Salminen).

Location

Kareliya Republic: central Kondopozhsky and eastern Pryazhinsky districts; Olonetsky district, Mikhaylovskoye region; also in Leningradskaya Oblast’.

Language Maps

Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Ludian is transitional between Livvi-Karelian [olo] and Veps [vep]. Separate from Karelian [krl] and Livvi-Karelian [olo].

Language Use

Very few children (Salminen 2007). Also use Russian [rus].

Language Development

Ludian Society founded in Finland in 1998. Literary language development beginning (Salminen 2007). Literature.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].