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The Veps language (also known as Vepsian), spoken by the Vepsians (also known as Veps), belongs to the Baltic-Finnic group of the Finno-Ugric languages. According to Soviet statistics, 8 000 people were self-designated ethnic Veps at the end of the 1970s. According to the location of the people, the language is divided into three main dialects: Northern Veps (at Lake Onega to the south of Petrozavodsk, to the north of river Syväri, including the Veps Autonomous Rural district), Central Veps (in the Saint Petersburg region), and Southern Veps (in the Vologda Oblast). The Northern dialect seems the most distinct of the three; however, it is still possible for speakers of one dialect group to understand those of another. Speakers of the Northern dialect call themselves Ludi, or Ludilainen. Their language is sometimes classified as an offshoot of Karelian.
Grammar Veps is an agglutinating language. Nouns In Veps, 12 cases exist: Personal pronouns The personal pronouns are of Finno-Ugric origin: Numbers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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