Variant(s): (in Olonetsian) livvi, (in Russian) livvikovskij [jazyk], (in Finnish) aunus

Geographical location: Finland: by people evacuated from former Finnish territories north of the Ladoga Sea, mainly in Kuopio Province but also scattered elsewhere in the country; the Russian Federation: in southwestern Karelian Republic northeast of the Ladoga Sea

Relationships: /Finnic/Finno-Ugrian (Uralic)

Present state of the language: ENDANGERED in the Russian Federation; SERIOUSLY ENDANGERED in Finland

Children speakers: in Finland: none; on the Russian side, a few children learn the language, but most if not all of them become more fluent in Russian and may not become active users of Olonetsian

Total number of speakers, members of the ethnic group: Finland: a few thousand speakers; the Russian Federation: possibly approx. 25,000 speakers

Degree of speakers' competence: generally competent, though some speakers in the Russian Federation mix the language with Russian elements, and speakers in Finland are use mostly Finnish