The Veps language, also called Vepsian in English, is the ancestral language of the Vepsian people or Veps of Karelia, a region spanning modern-day Finland and Russia.
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More from Wikipedia: "The Veps language (also known as Vepsian language; natively as vepsän kelʹ, vepsän keli, or vepsä), spoken by the Vepsians (also known as Veps), belongs to the Finnic group of the Uralic languages. Closely related to Finnish and Karelian, Veps is also written using Latin script.
According to Soviet statistics, 12,500 people were self-designated ethnic Veps at the end of 1989.
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 the river Svir, including the former Veps National Volost), Central Veps (in the Saint Petersburg region and Vologda Oblast), and Southern Veps (in the Saint Petersburg region). The Northern dialect seems the most distinct of the three; however, it is still mutually intelligible for speakers of the other two dialects. Speakers of the Northern dialect call themselves ""Ludi"" (lüdikad), or lüdilaižed. In Russia, more than 350 children learn the Veps language in a total of 5 national schools."
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