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

31 core words in Mansi

Water

вит

/vit/

Fire

най

/naj/

Sun

хотал

/xotal/

Moon

э̄тпос

/eːtpos/

Star

сов

/soβ/

Mother

ся̄нь

/ɕaːnʲ/

Father

ӓщ

/æɕ/

I

ам

/am/

You

наӈ

/naŋ/

Name

нам

/nam/

Eye

сам

/sam/

Hand

кат

/kat/

Heart

сым

/sɨm/

Love

эрыглыктэ

/erɨɡlɨkte/

Tree

йив

/jiv/

House

кол

/kol/

Dog

амп

/amp/

Cat

кошка

/koʃka/

Eat

тэныгкве

/tenɨɡkwe/

Drink

айныгкве

/ajnɨɡkwe/

One

акв

/akw/

Two

китыг

/kʲitəɣ/

Hello

пася

/pasja/

Thank you

пасипа

/pasipa/

Good

ёмас

/jomas/

Cuckoo

куккук

/kukˈkuk/

Words compared

Compared with related Uralic (Ob-Ugric) languages

Meaning MansiKhantySelkupDariMinangkabauTajikBalochi
Water вит /vit/ йиңк /jiŋk/ ӱт /yt/ آب /ɑːb/ aia /aia/ об /ob/ آپ /aːp/
Fire най /naj/ тут /tut/ тӱ /ty/ آتش /ɑːtaʃ/ api /api/ оташ /otaʃ/ آس /aːs/
Sun хотал /xotal/ хатәл /xatəl/ чэлы /tɕeːlɨ/ خورشید /xoɾʃed/ matoari /matoaɾi/ офтоб /oftob/ روچ /roːtʃ/
Moon э̄тпос /eːtpos/ тылащ /tɯlaɕ/ ариаа /ariaː/ ماه /mɑːh/ bulan /bulan/ моҳ /moh/ ماہ /maːh/
Star сов /soβ/ хус /xus/ кыска /ˈkɨska/ ستاره /setaːˈɾa/ bintang /bintaŋ/ ситора /sitoːra/ استار /estaːr/
Mother ся̄нь /ɕaːnʲ/ ӑңки /ɐŋki/ эма /ema/ مادر /mɑːdaɾ/ amak /amaʔ/ модар /modar/ ماس /maːs/
Father ӓщ /æɕ/ ащи /aːsʲi/ ача /atʃa/ پدر /padaɾ/ abak /abaʔ/ падар /padar/ پت /pit/
I ам /am/ ма /ma/ ман /man/ من /man/ ambo /ambo/ ман /man/ من /man/
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