Коми кыв

Komi-Zyrian

Uralic (Permic)

FamilyUralic (Permic) Speakers~160K ScriptCyrillic (with І і) CountriesRussia (Komi Republic, Perm Krai, Nenets AO) Official inKomi Republic (co-official with Russian) Vitalitysafe ISO 639-3kpv

Komi-Zyrian (Коми кыв Komi kyv) is a Permic Uralic language spoken in the Komi Republic and adjacent regions of northern Russia (Perm Krai, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Murmansk Oblast) by ~160K people. Closely related to Komi-Permyak (koi) and Udmurt (udm), it is co-official with Russian in the Komi Republic. The earliest written form is the 14th-century Old Permic alphabet (Anbur) created by missionary Stephen of Perm in 1372 to evangelize the Komi — one of the earliest indigenous-Russian writing systems. Modern Komi-Zyrian uses Cyrillic with the additional letter І і for /ɨ/ after non-palatalized consonants.

Where it is spoken

31 core words in Komi-Zyrian

Water

ва

/va/

Fire

би

/bi/

Sun

шонді

/ʃondi/

Moon

тӧлысь

/tɵlɨɕ/

Star

кодзув

/ˈkodʑuv/

Mother

мам

/mam/

Father

бать

/batʲ/

I

ме

/me/

You

тэ

/te/

Name

ним

/nim/

Eye

син

/sin/

Hand

ки

/ki/

Heart

сьӧлӧм

/ɕɵlɵm/

Love

муслун

/muslun/

Tree

пу

/pu/

House

керка

/kerka/

Dog

пон

/pon/

Cat

кань

/kanʲ/

Eat

сёйны

/ɕojnɨ/

Drink

юны

/junɨ/

One

ӧти

/ɵti/

Two

кык

/kɨk/

Hello

видза олан

/vidza olan/

Thank you

аттьӧ

/atʲtʲɵ/

Good

бур

/bur/

Cuckoo

кӧк

/kɵk/

Computer

компьютер

/kɐmˈpjuter/

Sushi

суши

/ˈsuʃi/

Sources

Words compared

Compared with related Uralic (Permic) languages

Meaning Komi-ZyrianKomi-PermyakUdmurtRomanshMokshaPiedmonteseMeadow Mari
Water ва /va/ ва /va/ ву /vu/ aua /awa/ ведь /vedʲ/ eva /ˈeva/ вӱд /vyd/
Fire би /bi/ би /bi/ тыл /tɨl/ fieu /fjew/ тол /tol/ feu /føː/ тул /tul/
Sun шонді /ʃondi/ шонді /ʃondi/ шунды /ʃundɨ/ sulegl /suleʎ/ ши /ʃi/ sol /sol/ кече /ketʃe/
Moon тӧлысь /tɵlɨɕ/ тӧлісь /tɵliɕ/ толэзь /tolezʲ/ glina /ɡlina/ ков /kov/ lun-a /ˈlyŋa/ тылзе /tɨlze/
Star кодзув /ˈkodʑuv/ кӧдзыв /ˈkɘdʑɨv/ кизили /kiˈzʲili/ staila /ˈʃtai̯la/ тяште /ˈtʲæʃtʲe/ stèila /ˈstɛjla/ шӱдыр /ˈʃydɨr/
Mother мам /mam/ мам /mam/ мумы /mumɨ/ mamma /mama/ тядя /tʲadʲa/ mare /ˈmare/ ава /ava/
Father бать /batʲ/ ай /aj/ атай /ataj/ bab /bap/ аля /alʲa/ pare /ˈpare/ ача /atʃa/
I ме /me/ ме /me/ мон /mon/ jau /jaw/ мон /mon/ mi /mi/ мый /mɨj/
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