Udmurt
[aka Votyak, удмурт кыл, удмуртский язык]Classification: Uralic
·threatened
Classification: Uralic
·threatened
Votyak, удмурт кыл, удмуртский язык, вотяцкий язык, udmurt kyl, Ud-murt, Wotjakisch, Votiak, Udmurty, Votiak, Votjakisch, Udmurtskij Jazyk, Wotiaki |
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Uralic, Permian |
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ISO 639-3 |
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Information from: “FinUgRevita: Developing Language Technology Tools for Udmurt and Mansi” . Veronika Vincze and Ágoston Nagy and Csilla Horváth and Norbert Szilágyi and István Kozmács and Edit Bogár and Anna Fenyvesi (2014)
552,299
Numbers based on 2010 Russian census
"Today,the Udmurt language is used mostly within the family and among friends, and even though it is an official language in Udmurtia,it has limited power and rights. It is not used in the legislature or political life. However, it is present in the media, education, and the cultural sphere, as well as enjoying a growing presence on the internet."
"It is spoken in the area between the Vyatka, Cheptsa and Kama rivers, about 1,200 kilometers (about 750 miles) east of Moscow but west of the Ural mountains, in the Udmurt Republic (or, informally, Udmurtia). Additionally, Udmurts also live in greater numbers in Kazakhstan, and dispersed in many cities and towns of Russia."
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
636,906
464,000 in Russian Federation (2002 census).
Russia: Near Ural Mountains; Udmurtia, 1,000 km. northeast of Moscow, bounded by Kama and Cheptsa rivers
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Information from: “Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
Many children learn the language, but only those living in remote rural areas continue to use it actively.
Spoken in the Udmurt Republic and parts of Tatarstan, the Republic of Mariy-El, Bashkortostan, and Kirov (Vyatka) and Perm’ provinces in the Russian Federation.