Wikimedia Northern Europe/Northern European minority and indigenous languages
@Boberger, InsaneHacker, Kruusamägi, Metsavend, Salvor, Steenth, Jon Harald Søby (WMNO), Yupik, Astrid Carlsen (WMNO), and Susannaanas:
A joint project of Wikimedia Northern Europe for supporting content creation both in and on topics related to the minority and indigenous languages of Northern Europe.
Minority languages with Wikipedias edit
Language | Code | Area of distribution | Status | Key articles (max 10) |
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Northern Sami | se | |||
Voro | fiu-vro | |||
Livvi-Karelian | olo | |||
Vepsian | vep |
Language | Code | Area of distribution | Status | Key articles (max 10) |
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Latgalian | ltg | The use of Latgalian in everyday communication in Latvia according to the 2012 census |
Defined in Section 4 of the Official Language Law as a "historical variety of the Latvian language". According to the 2012 census spoken by 8.8% of population in Latvia. Only one mass media that writes exclusively in Latgalian exists (Latgalīšu Kulturys Gazeta). |
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Samogitian | bat-smg | The area and dialects of Samogitian |
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Faroese | fo | |||
Icelandic | is |
Language | Code | Area of distribution | Status | Key articles (max 10) |
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Greenlandic | kl |
Minority languages in the incubator edit
Language | Code | Area of distribution | Status | Key articles (max 10) |
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Livonian (līvõ kēļ) | liv | The historic distribution of Livonian light grey (1100s), territory of the last speakers in dark grey (1900s) |
Nearly extinct (around 40 L2 speakers at B1 and around 210 speakers at A1–A2), defined in Section 4 and Section 5 of the Official Language Law as one of the two indigenous (autochthonous) language of Latvia |
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Southern Sámi | sma | |||
Lule Sámi | smj | |||
Pite sámi | sje | |||
Inari Sámi | smn | |||
Skolt Sámi | sms | |||
Kildin Sámi | sjd | |||
Ter Sámi | sjt | |||
Kven | fkv | |||
Meänkieli | fit | |||
Ingrian | izh | |||
Votic | vot | |||
Ludic | lud | |||
Karelian Proper | krl | |||
Mansi | mns | |||
Khanty | kca |