Ludian language

E72592

Finnic language Uralic language minority language

The Ludian language is a lesser-known Uralic language spoken by the Ludic people in northwestern Russia, traditionally seen as transitional between Karelian and Veps.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ludic language	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Finnic language ⓘ Uralic language ⓘ minority language ⓘ
basicWordOrder	SVO ⓘ
belongsTo	Finnic languages ⓘ surface form: Baltic-Finnic languages
closelyRelatedTo	Karelian language ⓘ Veps language ⓘ
documentedBy	Finno-Ugric linguists ⓘ
endangeredStatus	definitely endangered ⓘ
family	Uralic languages ⓘ surface form: Uralic language family
geneticRelation	Karelian language ⓘ Veps language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Ludian ⓘ Ludian language ⓘ surface form: Ludic language
hasCaseSystem	rich nominal case system ⓘ
hasDialect	Central Ludian ⓘ Northern Ludian ⓘ Southern Ludian ⓘ
hasGlottocode	ludi1253 ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	extensive use of suffixes ⓘ numerous local cases ⓘ possessive suffixes ⓘ
hasISO6393Code	lud ⓘ
hasLiteraryStandard	developing literary standard ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate	a few thousand speakers ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	consonant gradation ⓘ vowel harmony ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEfforts	community-based language projects ⓘ
hasStressPattern	primary stress on first syllable ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn	Russian Republic of Karelia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Karelia
isRecognizedAs	separate language by some linguists ⓘ
isSometimesClassifiedAs	dialect of Karelian ⓘ intermediate variety between Karelian and Veps ⓘ
isTaughtIn	some schools in Karelia ⓘ
isTransitionalBetween	Karelian language ⓘ Veps language ⓘ
languageBranch	Finnic languages ⓘ surface form: Northern Finnic
lexicalInfluenceFrom	Karelian language ⓘ Russian language ⓘ Veps language ⓘ
morphologicalType	agglutinative language ⓘ
region	Russian Republic of Karelia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Karelia areas between Lake Onega and Lake Ladoga ⓘ
spokenBy	Ludic people ⓘ
spokenIn	Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation northwestern Russia ⓘ
subfamily	Finnic branch ⓘ
usedFor	oral communication in Ludic communities ⓘ
writingSystem	Cyrillic script ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ludian language → hasAlternativeName → Ludian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ludic language

Finnic languages → hasMember → Ludian language ⓘ

Finno-Ugric languages → hasMember → Ludian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ludic language