Talk:Karelian language
Karelian is a variety closely related to Finnish.
Does this mean Karelian is a variety of Finnish or a language closely related to Finnish? Efghij
It means (at the moment) that the writer(s) of this paragraph don't participate in the dispute whether Karelian is a language or a "dialect". The issue is elaborated in the (currently) last paragraph.
Is Finland-Swedish a language or a dialect?
Is Meän kieli?
- Finland-Swedish is clearly a dialect. Except for the pronunciation, the differences are very small.
-- Ruhrjung 05:00 29 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Attempts to standardize Karelian with a Cyrillic alphabet were unsuccessful, and today the Karelian republic (of the Russian federation) consider Karelian a dialect of Finnish, why Finnish is one of its official languages.
Is that suppose to read Why Finnish is one............... or perhaps it should be where Finnish ?
Thank you for pointing this out!
-- Ruhrjung 14:46 9 Jul 2003 (UTC)