Editing Ingrian language (section)

{{short description|Finnic language spoken by the Izhorians of Ingria, Russia}}
{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with the [[Ingrian dialects]].}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Ingrian
| nativename       = {{lang|izh|ižoran keeli}}
| states           = [[Russia]]
| region           = [[Ingria]]
| ethnicity        = 1,143 [[Izhorians]]
| speakers         = 76
| speakers2        = < 20 (2018, estimated)<ref name=Oxford>{{cite book |last=Markus |first=Elena |last2= Rozhanskiy |first2= Fedor |date=24 March 2022 |editor-last=Bakró-Nagy |editor-first=Marianne |editor2-last=Laakso |editor2-first=Johanna |editor3-last=Skribnik |editor3-first=Elena |title=The Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |chapter=Chapter 18: Ingrian |isbn=9780198767664}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://minlang.iling-ran.ru/lang/izhorskiy-yazyk|last=Muslimov|first=Mehmet|website=Малые языки россии|title=Ижорский язык|access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref><br /> 111 (2006, verified)<ref name=Minorities />
| date             = 2020 census
| ref              = <ref name=Census>{{Cite web |title=Росстат — Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/vpn_popul |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=rosstat.gov.ru |archive-date=24 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124160257/http://rosstat.gov.ru/vpn_popul |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| familycolor      = Uralic
| fam2             = [[Finnic languages|Finnic]]
| fam3             = Northern Finnic
| iso3             = izh
| glotto           = ingr1248
| glottorefname    = Ingrian
| script           = [[Latin script|Latin]]
| notice           = IPA
| map              = 2.4a-Ingrian-and-Votic traditional.png
| mapcaption       = Distribution of Ingrian and Votic at the beginning of the 20th century<ref name=map1>{{Cite journal |last1=Rantanen |first1=Timo |last2=Tolvanen |first2=Harri |last3=Roose |first3=Meeli |last4=Ylikoski |first4=Jussi |last5=Vesakoski |first5=Outi |date=2022-06-08 |title=Best practices for spatial language data harmonization, sharing and map creation—A case study of Uralic |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=17 |issue=6 |pages=e0269648 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0269648|doi-access=free |pmid=35675367 |pmc=9176854 |bibcode=2022PLoSO..1769648R }}</ref><ref name=map2>Rantanen, Timo, Vesakoski, Outi, Ylikoski, Jussi, & Tolvanen, Harri. (2021). ''Geographical database of the Uralic languages'' (v1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4784188</ref>
| map2             = Lang Status 40-SE.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Ingrian is classified as Severely Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]'' (2010)}}}}
| fam4             = [[Proto-Karelian language|Proto-Karelian]]
}}
[[File:2.4b-Ingrian-and-Votic current.png|thumb|300px|Ingrian and Votic villages at the beginning of the 21st century<ref name=map1/><ref name=map2/>]]
'''Ingrian''' ({{lang|izh|inkeroin keeli}}, {{IPA|izh|ˈiŋɡ̊e̞roi̯ŋ ˈke̝ːlʲi|label=Soikkola:}}), also called '''Izhorian''' ({{lang|izh|ižoran keeli}}, {{IPA|izh|ˈiʒ̥o̞rɑŋ ˈke̝ːlʲi|label=Soikkola:}}, {{IPA|izh|ˈiʒo̞rəŋ ˈkeːlʲ|label=Ala-Laukaa:}}), is a [[Finnic language]] spoken by the (mainly [[Russian Orthodox Church|Orthodox]]) [[Izhorians]] of [[Ingria]]. It has approximately 70 native speakers left, most of whom are elderly.<ref name=Census /><ref name=Oxford /><ref name=Minorities />

The Ingrian language should be distinguished from the [[Ingrian dialects|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.