Ingrian language

Finnic language spoken by the Izhorians of Ingria, Russia

Not to be confused with the Ingrian dialects.

Ingrian

ižoran keeli
Native to| Russia
Region| Ingria
Ethnicity| 1,143 Izhorians

Native speakers

| 76 (2020 census)[1]
< 20 (2018, estimated)[2][3]
111 (2006, verified)[4]

Language family

Uralic

* Finnic
* Northern Finnic
* Proto-Karelian
* Ingrian

Writing system

| Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3| `izh`
Glottolog| `ingr1248`
ELP| Ingrian

Distribution of Ingrian and Votic at the beginning of the 20th century[5][6]

Ingrian is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)

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Ingrian and Votic villages at the beginning of the 21st century[5][6]

Ingrian (inkeroin keeli Soikkola [ˈiŋɡ̊e̞roi̯ŋ ˈke̝ːlʲi]), also called Izhorian (ižoran keeli Soikkola [ˈiʒ̥o̞rɑŋ ˈke̝ːlʲi] Ala-Laukaa [ˈiʒo̞rəŋ ˈkeːlʲ]), is a Finnic language spoken by the (mainly Orthodox) Izhorians of Ingria. It has approximately 70 native speakers left, most of whom are elderly.[1][2][4]

The Ingrian language should be distinguished from the Ingrian dialect of the Finnish language, which became the majority language of Ingria in the 17th century with the influx of Lutheran Finnish immigrants; their descendants, the Ingrian Finns, are often referred to as Ingrians. The immigration of Lutheran Finns was promoted by Swedish authorities, who gained the area in 1617 from Russia, as the local population was (and remained) Orthodox.

## Dialects

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Four dialects groups of Ingrian have been attested, two of which are probably extinct by now:[7][4]

* Hevaha, spoken along Kovashi River and nearby coastal areas (†)
* Soikkola, spoken on Soikinsky Peninsula and along Sista River
* Ylä-Laukaa (Upper Luga or Oredezhi), spoken along Oredezh River and the upper Luga River (†)
* Ala-Laukaa (Lower Luga), a divergent dialect influenced by Votic
* The extinct Kukkuzi dialect of Votic is often considered a mixed language of Lower Luga Ingrian and Votic.
* Siberian Ingrian Finnish is a mixed language of Lower Luga Ingrian Finnish and Lower Luga Ingrian spoken near Omsk in Siberia.

A fifth dialect may have once been spoken on the Karelian Isthmus in northernmost Ingria, and may have been a substrate of local dialects of southeastern Finnish.[7]

## History

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### Origin

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Ingrian is classified, together with Finnish, Karelian (including Livvi), Ludic and Veps, in the Northern Finnic branch of the Uralic languages.

The exact origin of Izhorians, and by extension the Ingrian language, is not fully clear.[8] Most scholars agree that Ingrian is most closely related to the Karelian language and the Eastern dialects of Finnish, although the exact nature of this relationship is unclear:

A popular opinion holds that the split of the Karelian and Ingrian languages can be traced back to around the 8th-12th centuries A.D., with the Ingrian language originating from a Pre-Karelian group travelling westward along the Neva river.[9][10]

### Pre-Soviet descriptions

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The first Ingrian records can be traced back to the Linguarum totius orbis vocabularia comparativa by Peter Simon Pallas, which contains a vocabulary of the so-called Chukhna language, which contains terms in Finnish, Votic and Ingrian.[10][11]

Not much later, Fedor Tumansky, in a description of the Saint Petersburg Governorate adds vocabularies of various local languages, among which one he dubbed ямский ("the language of Yamburg"), corresponding to the modern Ala-Laukaa dialect of Ingrian.[10][12]

During the Finnish national awakening in the end of the 19th century, as the collection of Finnic folk poetry became widespread, a large number of poems and songs were recorded in lands inhabited by Izhorians, as well, and ultimately published in various volumes of Suomen kansan vanhat runot. The songs, although originally sung in the Ingrian language, have been noted using Finnish grammar and Finnish phonology in many cases, as the collectors were not interested in the exact form of the original text.[10]

One of the collectors of the Ingrian poems, Volmari Porkka [fi], has gone on to write a first grammatical description of Ingrian, including sections on the Ingrian dialects of Finnish.[10][13] This grammar includes a thorough analysis of the Soikkola, Hevaha, and Ala-Laukaa dialects, and includes a handful of texts (notably, fairy tales, including traditional versions of The Little Humpbacked Horse and Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf) in all four dialects of Ingrian.

### Early Soviet period

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In 1925, Julius Mägiste wrote a second grammatical description of Ingrian, this time of the Finnic varieties spoken in a handful of villages along the Rosona river [ru], which showed both Ingrian and Finnish features.[10][14] This variety was closely related to the modern Siberian Ingrian Finnish.[15] Simultaneously, in the late 1920s, Ingrian-speaking selsovets started to form across the Ingrian-speaking territory.[8]

In 1932, a total of 19 schools were opened where education was performed in Ingrian.[8] A first primer in the Ingrian language was published, based on a subdialect of Soikkola Ingrian.[16] The primer was the first of a series of schoolbooks written in this dialect. A number of features characteristic of the language in which these books were written included the vowel raising of mid vowels, and a lack of distinction between voiced, semivoiced and voiceless consonants.

By 1935, the number of Ingrian schools increased to 23 (18 primary schools and 5 secondary schools).[8] At the same time, a systematic process of assimilation has begun.[8]

In 1936, Väinö Junus [fi], one of the authors of the above mentioned books, wrote a grammar of the Ingrian language, in Ingrian.[17] In the grammar, Junus introduced a literary language for Ingrian, which he based on the then most populous dialects: the Soikkola and Ala-Laukaa dialects. Junus' grammar included rules for spelling and inflection, as well as a general description of the spoken Ingrian language. The grammar introduced a new age of written Ingrian, and was soon followed by another wave of schoolbooks, written in the new literary variety of Ingrian. The Ingrian schools stayed open until the mass repressions in 1937, during which Väinö Junus and many other teachers were executed, the schoolbooks were confiscated, and by 1938, the Ingrian selsovets were closed. Many Izhorians were sent to concentration camps or executed.[18][8]

During the world war, many Izhorians fell in battle, and starved due to the famine the war brought. A large number of Izhorians was deported, among with Ingrian Finns and Votians to Finland in 1943-1944, as part of an agreement between Finland and Germany during the Continuation War. Almost all Izhorian families decided to return to the Soviet Union after the war ended.[8] Upon return to the Soviet Union after the war, Izhorians were banned from settling their native lands, and were instead scattered across the nation.[8]

Due to the many repressions, deportations and war, the number of Izhorians, as well as Ingrian speakers, decreased dramatically.[8][4] The 1926 census counted over 16.000 Izhorians. In 1939 this number decreased to just over 7.000, and by 1959 just 369 people claimed to be native Ingrian speakers.[8]

### Alphabet (1932)

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A a  | Ä ä  | E e  | F f  | H h  | I i  | J j  | K k

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L l  | M m  | N n  | O o  | Ö ö  | P p  | R r  | S s
T t  | U u  | V v  | Y y  | B b  | G g  | D d  | Z z

### Alphabet (1936)

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The order of the 1936 alphabet is similar to the Russian Cyrillic alphabet.

A a  | Ä ä  | B b  | V v  | G g  | D d  | E e  | Ƶ ƶ

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Z z  | I i  | J j  | K k  | L l  | M m  | N n  | O o
Ö ö  | P p  | R r  | S s  | T t  | U u  | Y y  | F f
H h  | C c  | Ç ç  | Ş ş  | ь  |  |  |

### Alphabet (2005–present)

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The order of the current alphabet matches the Finnish alphabet.

A a  | B b  | C c  | D d  | E e  | F f  | G g  | H h

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I i  | J j  | K k  | L l  | M m  | N n  | O o  | P p
R r  | S s  | Š š  | T t  | U u  | V v  | Y y  | Z z
Ž ž  | Ä ä  | Ö ö  | (Ь ь)

## Grammar

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Main article: Ingrian grammar

Like other Uralic languages, Ingrian is a highly agglutinative language. Ingrian inflection is exclusively performed using inflectional suffixes, with prefixes being only used in derivation.

Ingrian nouns and adjectives are inflected for number (singular and plural) and case. Ingrian nominals distinguish between twelve cases, with a thirteenth (the comitative) only being present in nouns. Like Finnish, Ingrian has two cases used for the direct object: the nominative-genitive (used in telic constructions) and the partitive (used in atelic constructions). Ingrian adjectives often have a separate comparative form, but lack a morphologically distinct superlative.

Ingrian distinguishes between three persons. There is no distinction in gender, but there is an animacy distinction in interrogative pronouns.

Ingrian verbs feature four moods: indicative, conditional, imperative and the now rare potential. Verbs are inflected for three persons, two numbers and a special impersonal form for each of the moods, although the imperative lacks a first person form. The indicative has both present and past forms. Negation in Ingrian is expressed by means of a negative verb that inflects by person and has separate imperative forms.

## Phonology

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Main article: Ingrian phonology

Consonant inventory of the extant Ingrian dialects  | Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar/
Palatal | Velar | Glottal

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Plosive | voiceless  | /p/ | /t/ | /k/ |
halfvoiced  | [b̥] | [d̥] | [ɡ̊] |
voiced  | /b/ | /d/ | /ɡ/ |
Nasal | /m/ | /n/ | [ŋ] |
Fricative | voiceless  | /f/ | /s/ | /ʃ/ | [x] | /h/
halfvoiced  |  |  | [ʒ̥] |  |
voiced  |  | /z/ | /ʒ/ |  |
Lateral |  | /l/, [l] | [lʲ] | [ɫ] |
Trill |  | /r/ |  |
Affricate |  | /t͡s/ | /t͡ʃ/ |  |
Approximant | /ʋ/ |  | /j/ |  |

The phonology of the two extant Ingrian varieties differs substantially. The Soikkola dialect features a threefold contrast in consonant length ([t] vs [tˑ] vs [tː]) as well as a threefold distinction in voicing ([t] vs [d̥] vs [d]). The Ala-Laukaa dialect, on the contrary only has a twofold contrast in both length and voicing ([tː] vs [t] vs [d]), but features highly prominent vowel reduction, resulting in phonetically both reduced and voiceless vowels ([o] vs [ŏ] vs [ŏ̥]).

Both dialects show various processes of consonant assimilation in voicing and, in the case of the nasal phoneme /n/, place of articulation. The consonant inventory of the Ala-Laukaa dialect is relatively larger, as it includes a number of loaned phonemes not or only partially distinguished in the Soikkola dialect.

To the right, the consonant inventory of Ingrian is shown. The consonants highlighted in red are only found in the Ala-Laukaa dialect or as loaned phonemes, while consonants in green are only found in the Soikkola dialect. Both phonemes and allophones are shown.

Stress in Ingrian generally falls on the first syllable, with a secondary stress on every uneven nonfinal syllabe (third, fifth, etc.). An exception is the word paraikaa ("now"), which is stressed on the second syllable. Furthermore, some speakers might stress borrowed words according to the stress rules of the donor language.

## Morphophonology

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The Ingrian language has several morphophonological processes.

Vowel harmony is the process that the affixes attached to a lemma may change depending on the stressed vowel of the word. This means that if the word is stressed on a back vowel, the affix would contain a back vowel as well, while if the word's stress lies on a front vowel, the affix would naturally contain a front vowel. Thus, if the stress of a word lies on an "a", "o" or "u", the possible affix vowels would be "a", "o" or "u", while if the stress of a word lies on an "ä", "ö" or "y", the possible affix vowels to this word would then be "ä", "ö" or "y":

nappi (button, nominativa); nappia (button, partitiva)
näppi (pinch, nominativa); näppiä (pinch, partitiva)

The vowels "e" and "i" are neutral, that is to say that they can be used together with both types of vowels.

## Vocabulary

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The words in the Ingrian language are mostly of native Finnic origin, and show great similarity with the surrounding Finnish and Estonian languages. Below is given a Leipzig-Jakarta list of the Ingrian language:

Leipzig-Jakarta list of Ingrian

English | Ingrian[19] | Finnish | Estonian | Etymological notes
Literary Ingrian | Ala-Laukaa | Soikkola
fire | tuli | [ˈtulʲi] | [ˈtuli] | tuli | tuli | < PF *tuli
nose | nenä | [ˈnenæ] | [ˈnenæ] | nenä | nina | < PF *nenä
to go | männä | [ˈmænː] | [ˈmænːæ] | mennä | minna | < PF *mendäk
water | vesi | [ˈʋesi] | [ˈʋeʒ̥i] | vesi | vesi | < PF *veci
mouth | suu | [ˈsuː] | [ˈʃuː] | suu | suu | < PF *suu
tongue | keeli, keel | [ˈkeːlʲ] | [ˈkeːlʲ(i)] | kieli | keel | < PF *keeli
blood | veri | [ˈʋeri] | [ˈʋeri] | veri | veri | < PF *veri
bone | luu | [ˈɫuː] | [ˈɫuː] | luu | luu | < PF *luu
you; thou | siä | [ˈsiæ̯] | [ˈʃiæ̯] | sinä | sina, sa | < PF *sinä
root | juuri, juur | [ˈjuːrʲ] | [ˈjuːr(i)] | juuri | juur | < PF *juuri
to come | tulla | [ˈtuɫː] | [ˈtuɫːɑ] | tulla | tulla | < PF *tuldak
breast | nännä | [ˈnænː] | [ˈnænːæ] | (rinta) | (rind) | < PF *nännä
The Finnish and Estonian terms are reflected in Ingrian rinta ("chest")
rain | vihma | [ˈʋihm] | [ˈʋihmɑ] | vihma | vihm | < PF *vihma
I | miä | [ˈmiæ̯] | [ˈmiæ̯] | minä | mina, ma | < PF *minä
name | nimi | [ˈnimi] | [ˈnimi] | nimi | nimi | < PF *nimi
louse | täi | [ˈtæi̯] | [ˈtæi̯] | täi | täi | < PF *täi
wing | siipi | [ˈsiːpʲ] | [ˈʃiːb̥i] | siipi | tiib | < PF *siipi ~ *tiipa
meat; flesh | liha | [ˈlʲihɑ] | [ˈlʲihɑ] | liha | liha | < PF *liha
arm; hand | käsi | [ˈkæsi] | [ˈkæʒ̥i] | käsi | käsi | < PF *käci
fly | kärpäin | [ˈkærpəi̯n] | [ˈkærpæi̯n] | kärpänen | kärbes | < PF *kärpähinen
night | öö | [ˈøː] | [ˈøː] | yö | öö | < PF *öö
ear | korva | [ˈkorʋ] | [ˈkorʋɑ] | korva | kõrv | < PF *korva
neck | kagla | [ˈkɑɡɫ] | [ˈkɑɡɫɑ] | kaula | kael | < PF *kakla
far | etähääl | [ˈetːælʲː] | [ˈed̥æhæːl] | etäällä | (kaugel) | < PF *etähällä
to do; to make | tehä | [ˈtehæ] | [ˈtehæ] | tehdä | teha | < PF *tektäk
house | talo | [ˈtɑɫo] | [ˈtɑɫoi̯] | talo | (maja) | < PF *taloi
stone | kivi | [ˈkiʋi] | [ˈkiʋi] | kivi | kivi | < PF *kivi
bitter | karkia | [ˈkɑrke] | [ˈkɑrkiɑ] | (kitkerä) | (mõru) | < PF *karkeda
to say | sannoa | [ˈsɑnːo] | [ˈʃɑnˑoɑ] | sanoa | (ütlema) | < PF *sanodak
tooth | hammas | [ˈhɑmːəz] | [ˈhɑmːɑʒ̥] | hammas | hammas | < PF *hambas
(strand of) hair | hius | [ˈhiu̯z] | [ˈhiu̯ʒ̥] | hius | juus | < PF *hibus
big | suur, suuri | [ˈsuːrʲ] | [ˈʃuːr(i)] | suuri | suur | < PF *suuri
one | yks | [ˈyksʲ] | [ˈykʃ] | yksi | üks | < PF *ükci
who? | 'ken? | [ˈken] | [ˈken] | (kuka?) | kes? | < PF *ken
he; she | hää | [ˈhæn] | [ˈhæː] | hän | (tema, ta) | < PF *hän
to hit | löövvä | [ˈlʲøːʋː] | [ˈløːʋːæ] | lyödä | lüüa | < PF *löödäk
leg; foot | jalka | [ˈjɑɫk] | [ˈjɑɫɡ̊ɑ] | jalka | jalg | < PF *jalka
horn | sarvi | [ˈsɑrʋʲ] | [ˈʃɑrʋi] | sarvi | sarv | < PF *sarvi
this | tämä | [ˈtæmæ] | [ˈtæmæ] | tämä | (see) | < PF *tämä
fish | kala | [ˈkɑɫɑ] | [ˈkɑɫɑ] | kala | kala | < PF *kala
yesterday | egle | [ˈeɡlʲ] | [ˈeɡle] | eilen | eile | < PF *eklen
to drink | joovva | [ˈjuʋː] | [ˈjoːʋːɑ] | juoda | juua | < PF *joodak
black | musta | [ˈmust] | [ˈmuʃtɑ] | musta | must | < PF *musta
navel | napa | [ˈnɑpɑ] | [ˈnɑb̥ɑ] | napa | naba | < PF *napa
to stand | seissa | [ˈsei̯sː] | [ˈʃei̯ʃːɑ] | seistä | seista | < PF *saictak
to bite | purra | [ˈpurː] | [ˈpurːɑ] | purra | pureda | < PF *purdak
back | takas | [ˈtɑkɑz] | [ˈtɑɡ̊ɑʒ̥] | takaisin | tagasi | < PF *takaicin
wind | tuuli, tuul | [ˈtuːlʲ] | ˈtuːl(i)] | tuuli | tuul | < PF *tuuli
smoke | savvu | [ˈsɑʋːŭ̥] | [ˈʃɑʋːu] | savu | (suits) | < PF *savu
what? | mikä? | [ˈmikæ] | [ˈmiɡ̊æ] | mikä? | mis? | < PF *mi(kä)
child | laps, lapsi | [ˈɫɑpsʲ] | [ˈɫɑpʃ(i)] | lapsi | laps | < PF *lapci
egg | muna | [ˈmunɑ] | [ˈmunɑ] | muna | muna | < PF *muna
to give | antaa | [ˈɑntɑ] | [ˈɑntɑː] | antaa | anda | < PF *antadak
new | uus, uusi | [ˈuːsʲ] | [ˈuːʒ̥(i)] | uusi | uus | < PF *uuci
to burn | pallaa | [ˈpɑɫːɑ] | [ˈpɑɫˑɑː] | palaa | põleda | < PF *paladak
not | ei | [ˈei̯] | [ˈei̯] | ei | ei | < PF *ei
good | hyvä | [ˈhyʋæ] | [ˈhyʋæ] | hyvä | hea | < PF *hüvä
to know | tiitää | [ˈtiːtæ] | [ˈtiːtæː] | tietää | teada | < PF *teetädäk
knee | polvi | [ˈpoɫʋʲ] | [ˈpoɫʋi] | polvi | põlv | < PF *polvi
sand | liiva | [ˈlʲiːʋ] | [ˈlʲiːʋɑ] | (hiekka) | liiv | < PF *liiva
to laugh | nagraa | [ˈnɑɡrɑ] | ˈnɑɡrɑː] | nauraa | naerda | < PF *nakradak
to hear | kuulla | [ˈkuːɫː] | [ˈkuːɫːɑ] | kuulla | kuulda | < PF *kuuldak
soil | maa | [ˈmɑː] | [ˈmɑː] | maa | maa | < PF *maa
leaf | lehti | [ˈlʲehtʲ] | [ˈlehti] | lehti | leht | < PF *lehti
red | punain | [ˈpunɑi̯n] | [ˈpunˑɑi̯n] | punainen | punane | < PF *punainën
liver | leipäliha | [ˈlʲei̯pəˌlʲihɑ] | [ˈlei̯b̥æˌlʲihɑ] | (maksa) | (maks) | < leipä ("bread") + liha ("meat")
to hide | peittää | [ˈpei̯tːæ] | [ˈpei̯tːæː] | peittää | peita | < PF *peittädäk
skin; leather | nahka | [ˈnɑxk] | [ˈnɑxkɑ] | nahka | nahk | < PF *nahka
to suck | immiä | [ˈimːe] | [ˈimˑiæ] | imeä | imeda | < PF *imedäk
to carry | kantaa | [ˈkɑntɑ] | [ˈkɑntɑː] | kantaa | kanda | < PF *kantadak
ant | muurahain | [ˈmuːrəhəi̯n] | [ˈmuːrɑhɑi̯n] | muurahainen | (sipelgas) | < PF *muurahainën
heavy | raskas | [ˈrɑskəz] | [ˈrɑʃkɑʒ̥] | raskas | raske | < PF *raskas ~ *raskëda
to take | ottaa | [ˈotːɑ] | [ˈotːɑː] | ottaa | võtta | < PF *vottadak
old | vanha | [ˈʋɑnɑ] | [ˈʋɑnhɑ] | vanha | vana | < PF *vanha
to eat | söövvä | [ˈsyʋː] | [ˈʃøːʋːæ] | syödä | süüa | < PF *söödäk
thigh | reis | [rei̯sʲ] | [ˈrei̯ʒ̥] | reisi | reis | < PF *raici
long | pitkä | [pitk] | [ˈpitkæ] | pitkä | pikk | < PF *pitkä
to blow | puhhua | [ˈpuxːo] | [ˈpuxˑuɑ] | (puhaltaa) | puhuda | < PF *puhudak
wood | puu | [ˈpuː] | [ˈpuː] | puu | puu | < PF *puu
to run | joossa | [ˈjoːsː] | [ˈjoːʃːɑ] | juosta | joosta | < PF *joostak
to fall | langeta | [ˈɫɑŋɡet] | [ˈɫɑŋɡ̊ed̥ɑ] | (pudota) | langeda | < PF *langët'ak
eye | silmä | [ˈsilʲm] | [ˈʃilʲmæ] | silmä | silm | < PF *silmä
ash | tuhka | [ˈtuxk] | [ˈtuxkɑ] | tuhka | tuhk | < PF *tuhka
tail | häntä | [ˈhænt] | [ˈhænd̥æ] | häntä | händ | < PF *häntä
dog | koira | [ˈkoi̯r] | [ˈkoi̯rɑ] | koira | koer | < PF *koira
to cry | itkiä | [ˈitke] | [ˈitkiæ] | itkeä | (nutma) | < PF *itkedäk
to tie | sittoa | [ˈsitːo] | [ˈʃitˑoɑ] | sitoa | siduta | < PF *sitodak
to see | nähä | [ˈnæhæ] | [ˈnæhæ] | nähdä | näha | < PF *näktäk
sweet | makkia | [ˈmɑkːe] | [ˈmɑkˑiɑ] | makea | (magus) | < PF *makëda
rope | köys, köysi | [ˈkøy̯sʲ] | [ˈkøy̯ʒ̥(i)] | köysi | köis | < PF *keüci
shadow | kupahain | [ˈkupɑhəi̯n] | [ˈkub̥ɑhɑi̯n] | (varjo) | (vari) |
bird | lintu | [ˈlʲintŭ̥] | [ˈlʲind̥u] | lintu | lind | < PF *lintu
salt | soola | [ˈsoːɫ] | [ˈʃoːɫɑ] | suola | sool | < PF *soola
small | peeni, peen | [ˈpeːnʲ] | [ˈpeːn(i)] | pieni | peen | < PF *peeni
wide | levviä | [ˈlʲeʋːe] | [ˈleʋˑiæ] | leveä | (lai) | < PF *levedä
star | tähti | [ˈtæhtʲ] | [ˈtæhti] | tähti | täht | < PF *tähti
inside | sises | [ˈsisesː] | [ˈʃiʒ̥eʒ̥] | sisässä | sees | < PF *sicässä
hard | kova | [ˈkoʋɑ] | [ˈkoʋɑ] | kova | kõva | < PF *kova
to grind | jauhaa | [ˈjɑu̯hɑ] | [ˈjɑu̯hɑː] | jauhaa | (jahvatama) | < PF *jauhadak

Nevertheless, borrowings from Russian, both old and new, are very common. Some borrowings from Finnish, Estonian and Votic are also present:[19]

A selection of common borrowed terms in Ingrian

Ingrian[19] | English | Source
Literary Ingrian | Ala-Laukaa | Soikkola
risti | [ˈristʲ] | [ˈriʃti] | "cross" | < Old East Slavic крьстъ (krĭstŭ) "cross"
lässiä | [ˈlʲæsːe] | [ˈlæʃˑiæ] | "to be ill" | < Old East Slavic лежати (ležati) "to lie"
ležžiä | [ˈlʲeʒːe] | [ˈleʃˑiæ] | "to lie" | < Russian лежать (ležatʹ) "to lie"
kapusta | [ˈkɑpust] | [ˈkɑb̥uʃtɑ] | "cabbage" | < Russian капуста (kapusta) "cabbage"
trappu | [ˈtrɑpːŭ̥] | [ˈtrɑpːu] | "stair" | < Finnish (t)rappu "stair"
vahti | [ˈʋɑhtʲ] | [ˈʋɑhti] | "guard" | < Finnish vahti "guard"
riikki | [ˈriːkʲː] | [ˈriːkːi] | "country" | < Estonian riik "country"
lusti | [ˈɫustʲ] | [ˈɫuʃti] | "pretty" | < Estonian lust "pleasure"
api | [ˈɑpi] | [ˈɑb̥i] | "help" | < Votic api "help"
roho | [ˈroho] | [ˈroho] | "grass" | < Votic roho "grass"

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## Bibliography

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* Paul Ariste 1981\. Keelekontaktid. Tallinn: Valgus. [pt. 2.6. Kolme läänemere keele hääbumine lk. 76 – 82] (in Estonian)
* A. Laanest. 1993. Ižorskij Jazyk. In V. N. Jartseva (ed.), Jazyki Mira: Ural'skie Jazyki, 55–63. Moskva: Nauka.

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Ingrian language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator

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