Uvean

Vepsi

Vepsi is a perhaps a language - perhaps not. It would seem that it is a dialect related to Karelian or Estonian. The greeting (like many) was taken from information found

Ingrians (Ingerlased) were a smallish Finno-Ugric peoples who inhabited the region between Narva and St. Petersburg. There are still afew of them left; I believe President Lennart Meri is an expert on these ans other smallish Finno-Ugric peoples, such as the Mari, Cheremiss, Vepsi, Votjak and others.

The language is indeed closely related to Estonian. I believe that they were not deported en masse, but rather slowly became assimilated into the majority Russian population, especially after the "Conquest" of 1702. This process accelerated during the "Russification" period in the late 19th century, and of course incresed even further in the 20th.INGRIAN (IZHOR) [IZH] 302 speakers (1989 census) out of 10,000 to 15,000 in the ethnic group. Baltic area, Kingisepp and Lomonosov areas of St. Petersburg Oblast. Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Finno-Permic, Finno-Cheremisic, Finno-Mordvinic, Finno-Lappic, Balto-Finnic. Dialects: SOYKIN, KHAVA, LOWER LUZH, OREDEZH (UPPER LUZH). Close to Karelian but the government considers them separate languages. Endangered.

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