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Izhorian

The Izhorians (Inkeroine, Ižoralaine) can still be found in the western part of Ingria, between the Narva[?] and Neva rivers.

In 1989, 820 self-designated Izhorians, thereof 302 speakers of their Finnic language, were registred. The language, close to Karelian, is used primarily by members of the older generation. It is bound to extinction.

External links:

The Peoples of the Red Book: THE IZHORIANS (http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/izhorians.shtml)

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