Alternate Names: Ludic, Lüüdi, Lüüdikiel, Lyudic, Lyudikovian
Dialects: None known. Ludian is transitional between Livvi-Karelian , and Veps ,. Separate from Karelian , and Livvi-Karelian ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 3,000 (2012 T. Salminen).
Language Use: Very few children (Salminen 2007). Also use Russian [rus].
Language Development: Ludian Society founded in Finland in 1998. Literary language development beginning (Salminen 2007).
Nation of Origin: Russian Federation