Finnish Language Influence on Border Karelian Toponymy

The article provides a detailed analysis of toponymic facts determined by the Finnish language influence on the border Karelian dialects. On the basis of toponymic data, the author reveals a number of phonetic, morpho-phonetic and lexical features of the Karelian dialects in question brought by the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Denis V. Kuzmin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta 2013
Subjects:
Finno-Ugric languages
Balto-Fennic languages
Karelian language
Karelian dialects
Ladoga Karelia
border Karelia
toponymy
Karelian toponymy
Finno-Karelian language contacts
History of Civilization
CB3-482
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
karelian
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e53c1ec822a14c5cae6ee34aa87343a0
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Summary:The article provides a detailed analysis of toponymic facts determined by the Finnish language influence on the border Karelian dialects. On the basis of toponymic data, the author reveals a number of phonetic, morpho-phonetic and lexical features of the Karelian dialects in question brought by the Finnish language. According to the author’s theory, the greater part of the border Karelian “finnicized” toponyms is due to the Savonian migrants’ legacy, Savonians speaking an East Finnish dialect, but the article also considers other sources of the Finnish influence.

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