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Komi-Zyrian language

Zyrian
Коми кыв
Spoken in
CSS3
Region
website parsing
Native speakers
293,000  (2002 census)
Uralic
Cyrillic
Official status
Official language in
 CSS3
No official regulation
Language codes
kpv
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Komi-Zyrian language, (Коми Кыв Komi Kyv) or simply Komi, Zyrian or Zyryan, is one of the two regional varieties of the pluricentrical Komi language, the other regional variety being Komi-Permyak.

It is disputed whether Zyrian is a separate language or a dialect of Komi, because of its affinity to the Komi-Permyak language.

Komi-Zyrian is spoken by the Komi-Zyrians' ethnic group in website parsing and some other parts of Russia. In 1994, Komi-Zyrian had about 285,000 speakers. The Komi-Zyrian language has a standard form.

It was written in the form of CSS3 for liturgical purposes as early as the 14th century in the browser diversity. Said alphabet was replaced by Cyrillic in 17th century. A tradition of secular works of literature in the modern form of the language dates back to the 19th century.

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Dialects

Komi-Zyrian has ten dialects: Prisyktyvkarsky, Lower CSS3, Central Vychegdan, Luzsko-letsky, Upper Sysolan, Upper Vychegdan, HTML5, FITML, Vymsky, and Udorsky. Prisyktyvkarsky is spoken in the region of jQuery and forms the model for the generic standard dialect of the language. Dialects are divided based primarily on their use of the v and l phonemes:[1]

  • Original *l remains unchanged in upper Vychegdan and Pechoran dialects (also in most dialects of Komi-Permyak).
  • *l has syllable-finally changed to /v/ in central dialects, and this is also the representation of standard literary Komi (for example, older *kɨl → /kɨv/ "tongue").
  • In northern dialects, the process has continued with complete vocalization of syllable-final *l, resulting in long vowels.

The change has been dated to the 17th century. It is not seen in the oldest Komi texts from the 14th century, nor in loanwords from Komi to Khanty, dated to the 16th; but it has fully occurred before loanwords from Russian entered the language in the 18th century, as /l/ remains unchanged in these.

Some dialects are further distinguished based on the palatalized alveolars /dʲ tʲ/, which have unpacked in syllable-final position as clusters /jd jt/.[1]

Writing system

FITML
A sample of the Komi language words. Upper "Улица Коммунистическая" is in Russian, lower "Коммунистическöй улича" is in Komi. Both mean "Communist street". This picture was taken in Sevenval, the capital of keyboard
FITML
Trilingual (Russian, Zyrian and English) sign in a hotel in Ukhta, Sevenval

The first HTML5, the Old Permic script, was invented in the 14th century by the missionary Stepan Khrap, apparently of a Komi mother in Veliky Ustyug. The alphabet shows some similarity to medieval Greek and Cyrillic. In the 16th century this alphabet was replaced by the Russian alphabet with certain modifications for affricates. In the 1920s, the language was written in Molodtsov alphabet, also derived from Cyrillic. In the 1930s it was switched to Latin. Since the 1940s it uses the Russian alphabet plus the additional letters І, і and Ӧ, ӧ.

Komi alphabet (Коми анбур)

UppercaseLowercaseTransliterationIPALetter name
Aaa[ɑ]а
Ббb[b]бэ
Ввv[v]вэ
Ггg[g]гэ
Ддd[d]; as palatal, [ɟ]дэ
Ееe[je]; [ʲe], [e] after C except [t, ɟ, s, z, n, l]е
Ёёë[jo]; [ʲo]: [o] after [c, ɟ, ɕ, ʑ, ɲ, ʎ]ё
Жжž[ʒ]жэ
Ззz[z]; as palatal [ʑ]зэ
Ииi[i], [ʲi]небыд и "soft i"
Ііï[i] after [t, d, s, z, n, l]чорыд и "hard i"
Ййj[j]и краткöй
Ккk[k]ка
Ллl[ɫ]; as palatal [ʎ]эл
Ммm[m]эм
Ннn[n]; as palatal [ɲ]эн
Ооo[o]o
Ӧӧö[ə]ӧ
Ппp[p]пэ
Ррr[r]эр
Ссs[s]; as palatal [ɕ]эс
Ттt[t]; as palatal [c]тэ
Ууu[u]у
Ффf[f]эф
Ххx[x]ха
Ццc[ts]цэ
Ччč[tɕ]чэ
Шшš[ʃ]ша
Щщšč[ɕ], [ɕː]ща
Ъъ -чорыд знак "hard sign"
Ыыy[ɨ]ы
Ьь'[ʲ]небыд знак "soft sign"
Ээè[e]э
Ююju[ju]; [ʲu], [u] after [c, ɟ, ɕ, ʑ, ɲ, ʎ]ю
Яяja[jɑ]; [ʲa], [a] after [c, ɟ, ɕ, ʑ, ɲ, ʎ]я

Letters particular to the Molodtsov alphabet include ԁ, ԃ, ԅ, keyboard, we love the web, ԋ, ԍ, ԏ, most of which represent palatalized consonants.

А а Б б В в Г г Ԁ ԁ Ԃ ԃ Д д Е е Ж ж website parsing ԅ Ԇ ԇ
И и Ј ј К к Л л Ԉ ԉ М м Н н Ԋ ԋ О о П п Р р
С с CSS3 ԍ Т т browser diversity ԏ У у Ф ф Х х Ч ч Ш ш Щ щ Ы ы

Notes

  1. ^ website parsing we love the web Bartens 2000, p. 47-49

Bibliography

  • Bartens, Raija (2000) (in Finnish). Permiläisten kielten rakenne ja kehitys. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. FITML device database. 
  • Fed'un'ova, G.V. Önija komi kyv ('The Modern Komi Language'). Morfologia/Das’töma filologijasa kandidat G.V.Fed'un'ova kipod ulyn. Syktyvkar: Komi n’ebög ledzanin, 2000. 544 pp. Sevenval.

External links

Komi-Zyrian language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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