Ingrian language

Ingrian
ižoran keeli
Native to	Russia
Region	Ingria
Ethnicity	1,143 Izhorians
Native speakers	76 (2020 census)[1]
Language family	Uralic Finnic Northern Finnic Ingrian
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	izh
Glottolog	ingr1248
ELP	Ingrian
Distribution of Ingrian and Votic at the beginning of the 20th century[2][3]
Ingrian is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
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Ingrian (inkeroin keeli Soikkola [ˈiŋɡ̊e̞roi̯ŋ ˈke̝ːlʲi]), also called Izhorian (ižoran keeli Soikkola [ˈiʒ̥o̞rɑŋ ˈke̝ːlʲi] Ala-Laukaa [ˈiʒo̞rəŋ ˈkeːlʲ]), is a Finnic language spoken by the (mainly Orthodox) Izhorians of Ingria. It has approximately 70 native speakers left, all of whom are elderly.^[4][5]

The Ingrian language should be distinguished from the Ingrian dialect of the Finnish language, which became the majority language of Ingria in the 17th century with the influx of Lutheran Finnish immigrants; their descendants, the Ingrian Finns, are often referred to as Ingrians. The immigration of Lutheran Finns was promoted by Swedish authorities, who gained the area in 1617 from Russia, as the local population was (and remained) Orthodox.