Langenesis

Uralic family

Karelian

c. 1200 CE – today Living

Karelian (c. 1200 CE – today) is a living Uralic language. Lineage: Proto-Uralic → Proto-Finnic → Karelian.

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Speakers
36K (36,000)
ISO 639-3
krl
Glottocode
kare1335

Finnic language of Russian Karelia and eastern Finland, closely related to Eastern Finnish dialects. Birch bark letter no. 292 (13th c.) is the oldest known Finnic text.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Uralicc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Finnicc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
  3. Karelianc. 1200 CE – today

Sister languages 4

Also descended from Proto-Finnic.

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