Vepsians
Veps, or Vepsians (Veps: vepsläižed), are a Finnic people who speak the Veps language, which belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic languages.
Flag of Vepsians | |
Alternative flag of Vepsians | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 6,279 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Russia | 5,936 (2010) |
| Ukraine | 281 (2001) |
| Estonia | 54 (2011) |
| Belarus | 8 (2009) |
| Languages | |
| Russian, Vepsian | |
| Religion | |
| Russian Orthodoxy | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Baltic Finns | |
According to the 2002 census, there were 8,240 Veps in Russia. Of the 281 Veps in Ukraine, 11 spoke Vepsian (Ukr. Census 2001).
The self-designations of these people in various dialects are vepslaine, bepslaane and (in northern dialects, southwest of Lake Onega) lüdinik and lüdilaine. Almost all Vepsians are fluent in Russian. The younger generation, in general, does not speak Vepsian although many have an understanding of the language.
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