Children – the future of the Karelian language? Case study in a Karelian village

This article deals with the knowledge of the Karelian language of school children living in a Karelian village. Karelian is an endangered language and it is said that it is a language of old people, that is why I was interested in children’s knowledge of Karelian. The aim is consider how the childre...

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Published in:Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics
Main Author: Sanna-Riikka Knuuttila
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Estonian
Published: University of Tartu Press 2011
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:53205efc183644c6a249151a26d77c21 2025-01-16T22:51:04+00:00 Children – the future of the Karelian language? Case study in a Karelian village Sanna-Riikka Knuuttila 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.12697/jeful.2011.2.1.14 https://doaj.org/article/53205efc183644c6a249151a26d77c21 EN ET eng est University of Tartu Press https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/15306 https://doaj.org/toc/1736-8987 https://doaj.org/toc/2228-1339 doi:10.12697/jeful.2011.2.1.14 1736-8987 2228-1339 https://doaj.org/article/53205efc183644c6a249151a26d77c21 Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2011) Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Finnic. Baltic-Finnic PH91-98.5 article 2011 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.12697/jeful.2011.2.1.14 2022-12-31T08:12:11Z This article deals with the knowledge of the Karelian language of school children living in a Karelian village. Karelian is an endangered language and it is said that it is a language of old people, that is why I was interested in children’s knowledge of Karelian. The aim is consider how the children self-estimate their ability to speak, understand, read or write Karelian. This study shows that Karelian children do somehow know their heritage language. But to become skilful Karelian speakers children need plenty of help and support from their parents, teachers and from the community Article in Journal/Newspaper karelian Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics 6 1 91 110
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P1-1091
Finnic. Baltic-Finnic
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Sanna-Riikka Knuuttila
Children – the future of the Karelian language? Case study in a Karelian village
title Children – the future of the Karelian language? Case study in a Karelian village
title_full Children – the future of the Karelian language? Case study in a Karelian village
title_fullStr Children – the future of the Karelian language? Case study in a Karelian village
title_full_unstemmed Children – the future of the Karelian language? Case study in a Karelian village
title_short Children – the future of the Karelian language? Case study in a Karelian village
title_sort children – the future of the karelian language? case study in a karelian village
topic Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Finnic. Baltic-Finnic
PH91-98.5
topic_facet Philology. Linguistics
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Finnic. Baltic-Finnic
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