Udmurt language
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Udmurt (удмурт кыл, udmurt kyl) is a Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Udmurts, native of the Russian constituent republic of Udmurtia, where it is co-official with the Russian language. It is written with a Cyrillic script. It is linguistically closest to Komi and Komi-Permyak.
Cyrillic Alphabet:
А/а, Б/б, В/в, Г/г, Д/д, Е/е, Ё/ё, Ж/ж, Ӝ/ӝ, З/з, Ӟ/ӟ, И/и, Ӥ/ӥ, Й/й, К/к, Л/л, М/м, Н/н, О/о, Ӧ/ӧ, П/п, Р/р, С/с, Т/т, У/у, Ф/ф, Х/х, Ц/ц, Ч/ч, Ӵ/ӵ, Ш/ш, Щ/щ, Ъ/ъ, Ы/ы, Ь/ь, Э/э, Ю/ю, Я/я
These five characters (Ӝ/ӝ, Ӟ/ӟ, Ӥ/ӥ, Ӵ/ӵ, Ӧ/ӧ) are unique to the Udmurt alphabet.
See also
- List of endangered languages in Asia
External links
- [Udmurt Language]
- [Literature]
- [Udmurtology: Udmurt Language, History and Culture]
- [The First Udmurt Forum]
- [Udmurt State University (has Udmurt Language Program for English speakers)]
| Finno-Ugric languages | |||
| Ugric languages | Hungarian | Khanty | Mansi | ||
| Permic languages | Komi | Komi-Permyak | Udmurt | ||
| Finno-Volgaic languages | Mari | Erzya | Moksha | Merya† | Meshcherian† | Muromian† | Sami languages | Estonian | Finnish | Livonian | Veps | Võro | Votic | ||
| † Language death>Extinct | |||
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