Lielie Tjapši (Ludza: Jānikülä or Sūreq Tsäpsiq) is a small village in the extreme eastern part of the Pilda Parish of Ludza Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia. The last native speakers of Ludza lived in Lielie Tjapši; the dialect persisted there because of Antoņina Nikonova, who was a passionate speaker of Ludza. Lielie Tjapši is very small and only has a few houses.Ludzīlazest: Who are the Lutsis?
See also Ludza dialect Latgale
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Pictures of Lielie Tjapši and Ludza villages