The northern Russian dialects make up one of the main groups of the Russian dialects.
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RegionPrimary-formation territory across Vologda, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Novgorod, Leningrad, Nizhny Novgorod and Arkhangelsk oblasts 1 Speaker CommunityCommunities in Karelia, Murmansk, Vyatka, Perm, Komi and Udmurtia, plus Siberia and the Far East, settled after the 16th century 1 Distinguishing FeaturesMarked by lack of vowel reduction: unstressed o does not merge with a (okanye) 1 Classification
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The Northern Russian dialect group is one of the two principal geographic dialect divisions of Russian.
Source Wikipedia: Russian Dialects
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1. Wikipedia: Northern Russian Dialect
Wikimedia FoundationNorthern Russian dialects Wikipedia article, Territory section, primary-formation sentence
The territory of the primary formation (e.g. that consist of "Old" Russia of the 16th century before Eastern conquests by Ivan IV) is fully or partially modern regions (oblasts): Vologda, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Novgorod, Leningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Arkhangelsk.
Northern Russian dialects Wikipedia article, Territory section, second-formation sentence
The territory of the second formation (e.g. where Russians settled after the 16th century) consist of most of the land to the North and North-East of Central Russia, that is Karelia, Murmansk, Vyatka, Perm, Komi, Udmurtia, and as well as Siberia and Far East.
Northern Russian dialects Wikipedia article, Phonology section, first entry
Lack of vowel reduction: unstressed /ɔ/ does not merge with /a/ (okanye).
Variety kind, Northern Russian dialect entity page
The northern Russian dialects make up one of the main groups of the Russian dialects.
View the Source Wikipedia: Russian Dialects
Wikimedia FoundationDescends From: Russian, Dialect-division section (In Russia)Quote, Descends From: Russian, Dialect-division section (In Russia)
Northern, in the northern and north-eastern parts of European Russia, from Veliky Novgorod to the Perm and northern Ural regions; this has no or little vowel reduction in unstressed positions and stop /g/.
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