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Vepsian|ˈvɛpsɪən|
Also Veps, Vepsic, Vesp, Wepsian, etc.
[f. Russ. Vépsi + -an, -ian.]
a. (A member of) a Finnish people dwelling in the region of Lake Onega, now in the north-west of the U.S.S.R.
b. The Finno-Ugric language spoken by this people. Also attrib. or as adj.
1859R. G. Latham Descr. Ethnol. I. xix. 409 Tshud..is a word which the Slavonians of Novgorod applied to the Non-slavonic populations with which they came in contact. We shall see it import more clearly after a notice of the Vod, and the Vesp. 1863― Nationalities of Europe I. xvi. 162 Of the Vesp dialect, eo nomine, I have seen no specimens. 1877A. H. Keane tr. Hovelacque's Sci. of Lang. iv. 91 With the Suomi are grouped..the Chudic [language], situated in a very scattered district south of Lake Onega; the Wepsic, which is northern Chudic, [etc.]. 1878Encycl. Brit. VIII. 700/1 Finnic or Ugrian represented by..Finnish proper..Karelian..Tchudic..Vepsic. 1879Ibid. IX. 219 The Chudic, a Slav term..now restricted to the Veps or northern Chud and the Votic or southern Chud, dwelling..round the shores of Lake Onega. 1921[see Ludian]. 1933L. Bloomfield Language iv. 68 The other languages of the Baltic branch [of the Finnish-Lapponic languages], Carelian, Olonetsian, Ludian, Vepsian, Livonian, Ingrian, and Votian, are far smaller, and some of them are near extinction. 1933Amer. Anthropologist XXXV. 309 The Leningrad section studied the Finnish tribes, the Vesps, the Izhors, and some purely Russian peoples. 1955, etc. [see Ludian]. 1964Language XL. 98 The Veps, Votic, and Estonian cognates. 1977Ibid. LIII. 477 Since the boundaries of the European continent make up the geographical frame⁓work of H's analysis, he includes such little-known languages as Votyak, Cheremis, and Vepsian (Uralic), and Bashkir, Karaim, and Kalmyk (Altaic). |