маньси

Mansi

Uralic (Ob-Ugric)

FamilyUralic (Ob-Ugric) Speakers~940 ScriptCyrillic CountriesRussia (Khanty-Mansi AO) Official inKhanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug (recognized) Vitalityseverely-endangered ISO 639-3mns

Mansi (formerly 'Vogul') is a critically endangered Ob-Ugric Uralic language of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug in western Siberia. Despite its small modern speaker base (~940), Mansi is the closer relative of Hungarian than its sister language Khanty, and the Mansi-Khanty-Hungarian connection (the Ugric branch) is one of the classic distant-discovery cases of historical linguistics. Mansi has agglutinative morphology and vowel harmony.

Where it is spoken

20 core words in Mansi

Water

вит

/vit/

Fire

най

/naj/

Sun

хотал

/xotal/

Moon

э̄тпос

/eːtpos/

Mother

ӓгкве

/æɡkwe/

Father

ӓщ

/æɕ/

Eat

тэныгкве

/tenɨɡkwe/

Drink

айныгкве

/ajnɨɡkwe/

Love

эрыглыктэ

/erɨɡlɨkte/

Heart

сым

/sɨm/

Tree

йив

/jiv/

House

кол

/kol/

Dog

амп

/amp/

Cat

кошка

/koʃka/

Hand

кат

/kat/

Eye

сам

/sam/

Hello

пася

/pasja/

Thank you

пасипа

/pasipa/

One

акв

/akw/

Good

ёмас

/jomas/

Words compared

Compared with related Uralic (Ob-Ugric) languages

Meaning MansiKhantySelkupBelarusianNawatNganasanHiligaynon
Water вит /vit/ йиңк /jiŋk/ ӱт /yt/ вада /vada/ at /at/ быʼ /bɨʔ/ tubig /tubiɡ/
Fire най /naj/ тут /tut/ тӱ /ty/ агонь /aɣonʲ/ tit /tit/ туй /tuj/ kalayo /kalajɔ/
Sun хотал /xotal/ хатәл /xatəl/ нэлмо /nelmo/ сонца /sont͡sa/ tunal /tunal/ койка /kojka/ adlaw /ʔadlaw/
Moon э̄тпос /eːtpos/ тылащ /tɯlaɕ/ ариаа /ariaː/ месяц /mʲesʲat͡s/ metsti /metsti/ кичеа /kitʃea/ bulan /bulan/
Mother ӓгкве /æɡkwe/ ӑңки /ɐŋki/ эма /ema/ маці /mat͡sʲi/ nan /nan/ ниӈӈы /niŋːɨ/ nanay /nanaj/
Father ӓщ /æɕ/ аӂи /adʑi/ ача /at͡ʃa/ бацька /bat͡sʲka/ tat /tat/ десы /desɨ/ tatay /tataj/
Eat тэныгкве /tenɨɡkwe/ лэты /lətɯ/ амгу /amɡu/ есці /jesʲt͡sʲi/ takwa /takwa/ нягү /ɲaɡu/ kaon /kaʔɔn/
Drink айныгкве /ajnɨɡkwe/ яңхты /jaŋxtɯ/ ӱдыргу /ydɨrɡu/ піць /pʲit͡sʲ/ ati /ati/ быр /bɨr/ inom /ʔinɔm/
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