TY - JOUR AU - Knuuttila, Sanna-Riikka PY - 2011/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Children – the future of the Karelian language? Case study in a Karelian village JF - Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics JA - ESUKA-JEFUL VL - 2 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.12697/jeful.2011.2.1.14 UR - https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/jeful.2011.2.1.14 SP - 215-221 AB - <p><span style="left: 214.56px; top: 229.82px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01545);">This article deals with the knowledge of the Karelian </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 249.86px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.95759);">language of school children living in a Karelian village. Karelian is </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 269.779px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00774);">an endangered language and it is said that it is a language of old </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 289.819px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03);">people, that is why I was interested in children’s knowledge of </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 309.859px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.98325);">Karelian. The aim is consider how the children self-estimate their </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 329.778px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.946077);">ability to speak, understand, read or write Karelian. This study </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 349.819px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.967433);">shows that Karelian children do somehow know their heritage lan</span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 369.859px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.942506);">guage. But to become skilful Karelian speakers children need plenty </span><span style="left: 141.72px; top: 389.778px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.968677);">of help and support from their parents, teachers and from the</span> community</p> ER -