Editing Ludic language (section)

{{Short description|Finnic language of southern Karelia, Russia}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Ludic
| nativename       = {{lang|lud|lyydin kiel', l'yyd'ikiel'}}
| states           = Russia ([[Republic of Karelia]])
| region           = Near northwestern shore of [[Lake Onega]]
| speakers         = 300
| date             = 2017
| ref              = e18
| familycolor      = Uralic
| fam2             = [[Finnic languages|Finnic]]
| fam3             = Northern Finnic
| iso3             = lud
| glotto           = ludi1246
| glottorefname    = Ludian
| script           = [[Latin script|Latin]] ([[Karelian alphabet]])
| nation           = 
| map              = 2.2a-Karelian-and-Ludic traditional.png
| mapcaption       = Distribution of Karelian and Ludic at the beginning of the 20th century<ref name=map1/><ref name=map2/>
| map2             = Lang Status 40-SE.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{imagefact|date=November 2022}}{{center|{{small|Lude is classified as Severely Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]'' (2010)}}}}
| minority         = [[Republic of Karelia]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gov.karelia.ru/Legislation/lawbase.html?lid=1751 |title=Законодательные акты: О государственной поддержке карельского, вепсского и финского языков в Республике Карелия |access-date=2011-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011113305/http://gov.karelia.ru/Legislation/lawbase.html?lid=1751 |archive-date=2017-10-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
[[File:2.2b-Karelian-and-Ludic current.png|thumb|300px|Current distribution of Karelian and Ludic<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>]]
'''Ludic''', '''Ludian''', or '''Ludic Karelian''' ({{lang|lud|Luudi, Lyydi}} or {{lang|lud|lüüdi}}), is a [[Finnic language]] in the [[Uralic language family]] or a [[Karelian language|Karelian dialect]]. It is transitional between the [[Olonets Karelian language]] and the [[Veps language]].<ref name=e18/> It is spoken by 300 [[Karelians]] in the [[Republic of Karelia]] in Russia, near the southwestern shore of [[Lake Onega]], including a few children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/kieli-kulttuuri/uhanalainen-lyydi-on-oma-itamerensuomalainen-kielensa|title=Uhanalainen lyydi on oma itämerensuomalainen kielensä &#124; Humanistinen tiedekunta &#124; Helsingin yliopisto|date=8 February 2017 }}</ref>