South Karelian dialects

South Karelian dialects, Karelian dialects[1] or Southeast Finnish dialects are Finnish dialects which were still spoken in the whole of South Karelia and Ingria, however the South Karelian dialect speakers from lost Karelia were evacuated into the rest of Finland where their speech was assimilated into the new environment, now even the Ingrian dialects are dying out.[2] Today they are spoken around Imatra in the southeast of Finland.[3]

South Karelian dialects have been influenced by Russian[4]

Features

Written Finnish /d/ is -

lehen Standard Finnish: lehden 'leaves'

Written Finnish ts is ss, ht or st

mehtä, messä, metsä Standard Finnish: "metsä" 'forest'

Inessive ending

maas, Standard Finnish 'maassa'

Vowels -eä and -ea

korkia, Standard Finnish: korkea 'long'

Palatalization

ves', Standard Finnish: vesi 'water'

Third person plural imperfect ending

tulliit, Standard Finnish: tulivat 'they came'[2]

Vocabulary
  • a = well
  • vot = good, well
  • kehtoittaa = to be tired or bored
  • sankia = thick
  • tällviisii = in this manner
  • lusti = joy
  • potuska = pillow
  • most = maybe[4]

See also

Savonian dialects

Ingrian language

References
  1. "Karjala - kieli, murre ja paikka". kaino.kotus.fi. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  2. "Kaakkoismurteiden piirteitä".
  3. "Kaakkoismurteiden alue". sokl.uef.fi. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  4. Marjaana, Sirkka (2007). TÄLLVIISII MYÖ HAASTETAA Etelä-Karjalan murteen kansandialektologista tarkastelua sarjakuvakäännösten pohjalta. Joensuu university.
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