Карельский язык, Karjalan kieli, Karelian Language ( Finnish subtitles ) READ DESC! (Viena dialect)

Credits to: Helsingin yliopisto
I did not make this video, I published it here to make it easily accessable.

Original Video

Another video for the Livvi dialect, which is what most Karelians speak, the dialect here is a bit more rare.

Also you can watch what the Tver Karelian dialect sounds like!

Another close language to Finnish (Meänkieli)

INFORMATION ON THE VIENA DIALECT

The reason viena is so understandable to Finnish people is years of mutual contact and Finns travelling to Viena Karelia, the majority of Karelian speakers though instead speak Livvi karelian which is more divergent from Finnish. Here is an example of Livvi:

Vahnoin fatieroin hinnat pyzyttih endizelleh muijal muas – piälinnan alovehel net iellehgi nostih
Kiindehistövälittäjien kauti piettih vahnoin fatieroin kauppoi läs viittyvuittii enäm mullostu.
Vahnoin fatieroin hinnat kylmykuul nostih piälinnan alovehel 6 prosental saman aijan mullozih hindoih verraten, nenga sanou Statistiekkukeskus. Muijal muas hinnat pyzyttih mullozien tazol.

Also please do not claim "Russified Finnish"
Here is a very short explenation:
1 they lack Swedish influence
2 they diverged from a different group of Finnics and not from the same groups as the Finnish language did
3 ščž did not come from Russian
4 Livvi dialect is more influencd by Veps than Russian

Собственно карельское наречие
Viena karelian
Vienan karjala
Vienakši

[DjVortex-w]

The older I get, the more I appreciate this kind of linguistic and cultural history. It's an _extreme_ shame that such small languages are disappearing one by one.

[wwondertwin]

Finnish speaker here. I understand basically everything. It sounds very old-fashioned Finnish!

[evgv]

У меня бабушка карелка была. На лето когда приезжал совершенно не понимал о чем они говорят)
Сейчас послушал - вспомнил детство 😢

[vseslavkazakov]

no russian accent. They are clearly native speakers that is awesome

[mitch]

As a Finn I can understand propably little over half of the words - just enough to roughly keep track of the conversation. My grandparents are war refugees from Karelian area, and even though they don't speak actual Karelian, it is nice to pick a lot of words they use in Finnish Karelian dialect :)

[torbjornomalm]

I often return to this clip. I am from Northern Sápmi (Sweden) and can understand pretty much everything they say due to the strong old Carelian influence on our Meänkieli dialect. The body language is exactly like my elders too. I showed this clip to my parents and they could relate 100%. Nice work with posting this!

[zekevarg]

Kiva kuulla näitä mummoja. Nuoremmat "murtavat" venäjäksi.

[Ardious]

Even as a new generation finn I can understand 95% of their speech. You can still find people with exact dialect in Finland.

[kirsichadburn]

Oh my goodness. Even I as a Brit whose mother was Finnish understand a fair amount of these conversations. They totally remind me of the old Savo ladies I remember from way back when! The only difference is that everyone in my childhood memories smoked like troopers!

[joonasnaski]

Tätähän ymmärtää ihan hyvin ilman tekstityksiä

[violaer]

Im Finnish from Savonia eastern Finland and my grandparents speak fully with the Savonian dialect and these ladies remind me soo much of my grandma speaking. I mean Savonians are decendants of Karelians so the dialect most likely is a lot influenced by Karelian

[are]

As a Finn I understand about 95% of the words, theres a few strange words and a number of the words I do recognize are prounounced a bit strangely. The rest of it sounds similar to my regional dialect.

[jevgenisved]

Какой красивый чистый язык у бабушек!!! В конце видео женщина говорит с русским акцентом.

[graynoita]

I'm American and this reminds me of talking to and later watching videos of my great grandmother who spoke the Appalachian dialect of english so thick it was hard to understand her a lot of the time. I've started learning Finnish and I would like to learn some form of Karelian later if I am able to.

[turpasauna]

Meidän kieli on oikeasti ikivanha. Siksi se on niin rikas sanastoltaan, ja monella alueella omat murteensa.

[jaripekkavirtanen]

Minulle Suomen kieli ei ole vain "virallinen" Suomi, joka oikeastaan on uudemman ajan keinotekoisesti kasaan kyhätty juttu, vaan minulle Suomen kieli sisältää kaikki klassiset murteet.
On myös hyvä muistaa että Heimosodista jatkosodan loppun mennessä Suomeen oli siirtynyt lähes puoli miljoonaa Karjalan alkuperäistä asukasta. Suurin osa heistä jo haudassa tietenkin, mutta 60 luvulla kun olin lapsi heidän murteitaan kuuli vielä paljon. Totta tietenkin että mitä enemmän itään mennään sitä enemmän Venäjältä kuullostaa.

[ilpohartikainen]

Ah this was my childhood.. There were a lot of old grannies from Karelia at my home town at Easter Finland.

[vozh_d]

Я выросла в Карелии и считаю это своей малой родиной, но не знаю ни карельского, ни финского. Замечательное видео, спасибо!

[irmavalkeapaa]

Kiitti paljon, olpa kotosta jutustelluu, mukva rupattelu tuokio.👍👍😄😄

[daniiluchiha_epta]

Karelian and Finnish brothers greetings from Udmurtia❤