Editing Karelian language (section)

===Supradialects and dialects===
The Karelian language has two main varieties, which can be considered as [[supradialect]]s or separate languages: [[Karelian Proper language|Karelian Proper]], which comprises [[Northern Karelian language|Northern Karelian]] and South Karelian (including the Tver enclave dialects); and [[Olonets Karelian]]. These varieties constitute a continuum of dialects, the ends of which are no longer mutually intelligible.<ref name=krl3 /> Varieties can be further divided into individual dialects:<ref>{{cite web|title=Karjala – kieli, murre ja paikka|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk129/karjalan_kielen_murteet.shtml|access-date=2010-07-10}}</ref>[[File:Karelian dialects Vepkar English 2019.png|thumb|Scheme of the supradialects and dialects of the Karelian language, VepKar corpus, 2019.{{sfn|Klyachko et al.|2019|p=54}}|223x223px]]

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* '''Karelian'''
** [[Karelian Proper]]
*** [[Northern Karelian language|North Karelian]] (spoken in the parishes of Jyskyjärvi, Kieretti, [[Kiestinki]], Kontokki, Oulanka, [[Paanajärvi]], Pistojärvi, [[Suomussalmi]], [[Kalevala, Russia|Uhtua]], Usmana, Vitsataipale and Vuokkiniemi)
*** [[South Karelian dialect|South Karelian]] (spoken in the parishes of [[Ilomantsi]], [[Impilahti]], Korpiselkä, Mäntyselkä, Paatene, [[Porosozero|Porajärvi]], Repola, Rukajärvi, Suikujärvi, Suistamo, [[Suoyarvi|Suojärvi]] and Tunkua; and additionally in the enclaves of Tver, Tikhvin and Valdai)
**** [[Tver Karelian dialect|Tver Karelian]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Mauri Rastas: "karjalan kieli"|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/rastas/kieli/karkiel1.html|access-date=2010-07-10}}</ref>
***** [[:ru:Дорожаево (Тверская область)|Dorža]] dialect
***** [[Maksatikha|Maksuatiha]] dialect
***** [[Rameshki, Rameshkovsky District, Tver Oblast|Ruameška]] dialect
***** [[:ru:Толмачи|Tolmattšu]] dialect
***** [[Vesyegonsk|Vesjegonsk]] (Vessi) dialect
** [[Olonets Karelian language|Olonets Karelian]] or Livvi (spoken in the parishes of Kotkatjärvi, Munjärvi, Nekkula-Riipuškala, [[Salmi (rural locality)|Salmi]], Säämäjärvi, Tulemajärvi, [[Vieljärvi]] and Vitele)
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The [[Ludic language]], spoken along the easternmost edge of Karelian Republic, is in the Russian research tradition counted as a third main dialect of Karelian, though Ludic shows strong relationship also to [[Veps language|Veps]], and it is today also considered a separate language.