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Komi Language
Komi (, ), also known as Zyran, Zyrian or Komi-Zyryan (),. is the native language of the Komi (Zyrians). It is one of the Permian languages; the other regional varieties are Komi-Permyak, which has official status, and Komi-Yazva. Komi is spoken in the Komi Republic and other parts of Russia such as Nenetsia and Yamalia. There were 285,000 speakers in 1994, which decreased to 160,000 in 2010. It was formerly written in the Old Permic script created by Stephen of Perm for liturgical purposes in the 14th century, though very few texts exist in this script. The Cyrillic script was introduced by Russian missionaries in the 17th century, replacing it. A tradition of secular works of literature in the modern form of the language dates back to the 19th century. Dialects Komi has ten dialects: Syktyvkardin ( Sysola), Lower Ežva (Vychegda), Central Ežva (Vychegda), Upper Ežva (Vychegda), Luz-let, Upper Sysola, Pećöra, Iźva, Vym, and Udora dialects. Syktyvkardin is s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molodtsov Alphabet
The Komi language, a Uralic languages, Uralic language spoken in the north-eastern part of European Russia, has been written in several different alphabets. Currently, Komi writing uses letters from the Cyrillic script. There have been five distinct stages in the history of Komi writing: * 14th to 17th centuries — Old Permic script, Anbur, the original graphic system; * 18th century to 1918 — based on the early Cyrillic alphabet; * 1918 to 1932 and 1936 to 1938 — Molodtsov alphabet, Vasily Molodtsov's alphabet based on the modified Cyrillic alphabet; * 1932 to 1936 — Latinisation in the Soviet Union, Latinization of the alphabet; * since 1938 — modern script based on the Cyrillic alphabet. The Komi language, Komi-Zyryan and Komi-Permyak language, Komi-Permyak sub-languages have used the same writing throughout almost all of their recorded history, written history (except for the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries). Anbur The first writing for the Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
