Komi language

Spoken in

• Uralic Finno - Ugric Permian Komi

Kv

Com

Com ( macro language )

Included Single Languages:

• Koi
• Kpv

The Komi languages ​​( коми кыв, komi KYV ) belong to the Permian group of the Finno -Ugric language family. Since the 1920s, developed two written languages ​​: Komi - Syrjänisch and Komi - Permjakisch. They are spoken by the peoples of the Komi who live in the Russian Federation. From a linguistic point of view is often spoken of a language with two written language variants.

A historical written language is the Old - Permian or Alt- Syrjänische, which was in use from the 14th to the 17th century and the own ( syrjänische ) font was used, which is to go back to the national saint of the Komi Stefan of Perm.

Komi - Syrjänisch

→ Main article: Komi - Syrjänisch

The Komi - Syrjänische is an agglutinative language, where also properties of inflected languages ​​occur. What is striking is the abundance of pre-and suffixes. In Komi - Syrjänischen there are 16 cases and no grammatical gender. It has 26 consonants and 6 vowels. In addition to the written language, up to 10 dialects notice. In the lexicon can influence North -Iranian ( Scytho - Sarmatian ), Turk, samojedischer languages ​​and Russian evidence. Since 1938, the Cyrillic alphabet is used with special characters. In Komi - Syrjänischen there is next to a rich oral tradition, its own literature. It published newspapers and magazines in this language radio and television programs are broadcast. Komi - Syrjänisch is the language of instruction in primary and secondary school subject in secondary schools. For the year 2002, the number of speakers is given as 217,000 people. This is a decrease of more than 50,000 over 1989. Komi - Syrjänisch in common with Russian official language since 1992 in the Republic of Komi.

Komi - Permjakisch

Although the Komi - Permjakische is near the Komi - Syrjänischen, it has been developed as a written language. The meaning-differentiating stress is one of the distinguishing features of Komi - Syrjänischen. There are 17 cases. Two main dialects are distinguished. The Komi - Permjakische language loses in the last decades more and more important. The number of publications going back. For 2002, the number of speakers is given as 94,000. Compared with 1989, this represents a decrease of almost 25,000. The Komi - Permjakische has no official status. It is only subject taught in a number of schools of the territory of Perm.

ISO code

The ISO 639 code for Komi kv or com ( ISO 639-2 ), the SIL code is KOI.

Language example

The numbers from one to ten:

Öтик 1 2 3 кык куим нёль 4 5 6 вит квайт сизим 7 8 9 кöкъямыс öкмыс 10 дас