lang_description: "Veps belongs to the Baltic-Finnic group of the Finno-Ugric languages. According to the location of the people, it is divided into three main dialects: Northern or Äänis-Veps, Central-Veps and Southern Veps. (The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire)",
classification: "Uralic; Finnic",
dialect_varieties: "Southern Veps; Prionezh; Central Veps;",
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ethnic_population: "8,094",
date_of_info: "1979",
public_comment: "In 1979 38.4% of the ethnic population of 8,094, were considered to be native speakers which is approximately 3,100.",
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date_of_info: "2010 (census)",
public_comment: "Census data are not reliable. "There is no research available on the numbers of people understanding Veps despite not speaking the language.
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ethnic_population: "8,240",
date_of_info: "2002",
public_comment: ""According to the Russian census of 2002, there were 8,240 people living in the Russian Federation identifying themselves as Veps. ... The number of Veps speakers is even lower: a generally accepted estimation of the number in 2002 is less than 4,000 (see Grünthal, 2011)."",
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simplified_level: "high",
coordinates: "60.0,35.0",
updated_at: "2018-03-29 20:18:19",
speaker_attitude: "Mixed",
government_support: "Official in Karelia, official minority status as an “Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the Russian Federation” since 2001, officially an “Indigenous Small-Numbered People of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation” since 2006",
institutional_support: "TV and radio broadcasts in Karelia, Veps Culture Society, summer camps, taught in 6 schools, language nest in 2013 in Šoutjärv",
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domains_of_use: "Used only in a few very specific domains, such as in ceremonies, songs, prayer, proverbs, or certain limited domestic activities.",