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Vepsian

Vepsian

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A language spoken by the Veps people in northwestern Russia
  • noun
: vepsio
  • Very few people still speak Vepsian as their first language.

Examples

  • The government provides some educational materials in Vepsian to support minority languages.

  • She is studying Vepsian linguistics at the university.

  • The Vepsian language has unique phonetic features.

  • Is the Vepsian language still widely spoken?

  • The government provides some educational materials in Vepsian to support minority languages.

  • Very few people still speak Vepsian as their first language.

  • The Vepsian language has unique phonetic features.

Synonyms

Veps
vsVepsian
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A language spoken by a small group of people in northwest Russia

uses primarily to stress the main location rather than mainly
Vepse
vsVepsian
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A language spoken by a small native group in northwestern Russia

uses the definite article to present the same language
Vepsian language
vsVepsian
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A language the Veps people speak in northwestern Russia

uses the definite article and primarily instead of mainly
Vepse language
vsVepsian
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A language spoken by the Veps people in northwest Russia

uses the phrasing spoken by to show who speaks it
Veps language
vsVepsian
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The language of the Veps people in northwestern Russia

focuses on the main present location rather than indigenous origin

Compounds

Vepsian language
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A language the Veps people speak in northwestern Russia

Surface Forms

Vepsian singular
Vepsians plural

Morphology

Vepsian = Veps (transparent) = Veps + ian

The language name is formed with the productive suffix '-ian' from the ethnonym 'Veps', a standard and transparent process.

Etymology

Vepsian for the language also comes from the Veps people and the ending -ian, the same pattern you see in Russian or Italian. So, Vepsian means the language spoken by the Veps people in northwestern Russia.