I'm a young Karelian/Finnish guy. I have never received formal education in any Karelian languages due to a mixture of it being seen as shameful and useless in addition to it not being taught at school in the area we live in. The blog's gimmick is based on translating (mostly English) posts into Livvi Karelian. I run this blog to both solidify my grasp on the language and to just maybe spark someone else's interest in learning too!
I also speak English and Finnish. I can not read cyrillic very well. Mistakes might be made and I appreciate corrections on grammar and such โก
Karelia is an area situated in Russia in the Republic of Karelia, right by Finland's border, and Karelians are the indigenous people of this area. The Karelian language is part of the Uralic language family and has many different variations and dialects. My family specifically is from the Livvi area (also known as Olonets)
What's that creature in my PFP?
It's a Ladoga ringed seal peeking out of some water! Lake Ladoga is Europe's biggest lake, and it's situated in Karelia. These seals live only in this single lake!
Olen karjalaine da suomelaine briha. Minuu ei ollah virallizestu opastettu karjalan kieles, gu kieli on nรคhtyh ebรคkunnollizenny da hyรถvyttรถmรคnny, dai gu sidรค ei tarita ลกkolas minun kodipaikus. Blogin tavoittehinnu on kiรคndiรค (enimiten anglielazii) julgavuo livvikse. Pyรถritรคn blogii sego paranduakse minun omua kielitaiduo, taigo jopa virittiรค toizii opastumah!
Pagizen myรถs anglie da suomie. En malta lugie kirillizii kirjaimii hyvin. Virhielรถi voinne tulla, da arvostan korjavuksii kielioppiin i muga ielleh โก
Karjala on aloveh Ven'al, Karjalan Tazavaldus, da karjalazet ollah alovehen alguperรคine rahvas. Karjalan kieli ollah suomelas-ugrilaistu suguu da sil ollah monii variatsieloi da murdehii. Minun pereh on lรคhtรถzin Livvinkarjalaspรคi (anglien kielekse "Olonets")
Mibo elรคtti minun profil'ukuvas on?
Siinรค Luadogann'orpu kurkistau vies! Luadogu on Jeuropan suurin jรคrvi, da se on Karjalas. Nรคmmรค n'orput elรคy vai tรคs jรคrves!
Here I'll collect some resources for learning Karelian (not limited to any specific dialect). You can consider following or even donating to these to help the conservation of an endangered language! Possibly more links to come...
- Karjalan kielen kodi, "language home"- association
- Karjalazet nuoret Suomes, Karelian youth in Finland
- Karjalan Sivistysseura, cultural society, they sell books!