Перем коми кыв

Komi-Permyak

Uralic (Permic)

FamilyUralic (Permic) Speakers~63K ScriptCyrillic CountriesRussia (Perm Krai, Komi-Permyak Okrug) Official inKomi-Permyak Okrug (co-official) Vitalityvulnerable ISO 639-3koi

Komi-Permyak (перем коми кыв) is one of the two Komi languages, spoken in the Komi-Permyak Okrug of Perm Krai, Russia, with ~63-90K speakers. Distinct from Komi-Zyrian (kpv) in vocabulary and phonology though closely related — they diverged after the 14th-c. Christianization by Saint Stephen of Perm but remain ~80% mutually intelligible. Together with Komi-Zyrian and Udmurt forms the Permic branch of Uralic. Co-official in the Komi-Permyak Okrug (incorporated into Perm Krai in 2005, losing autonomous status). Uses an extended Cyrillic alphabet (with Ӧ ӧ for /ɘ/) developed in the 1920s by Vasily Molodtsov, replacing the older Anbur alphabet created by Stephen of Perm in 1372. Has 16+ grammatical cases including the rich locative case series (inessive, illative, elative, prolative, etc.) typical of Uralic languages, agglutinative morphology, and SOV word order.

Where it is spoken

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87 core words in Komi-Permyak

Water

ва

va

Fire

би

bi

Sun

шонді

ʃondi

Moon

тӧлісь

tɵliɕ

Star

кӧдзыв

ˈkɘdʑɨv

Night

ой

oj

Rain

зэр

zer

Snow

лым

lɨm

Wind

тӧв

tɘʋ

Earth

му

mu

Stone

из

iz

Mountain

керӧс

ˈkerɘs

Sea

саридз

ˈsaridʑ

Mother

мам

mam

Father

ай

aj

Daughter

ныв

nɨv

I

ме

me

You

тэ

te

We

ми

mi

Name

ним

nim

Person

морт

mort

Head

юр

jur

Eye

син

sin

Ear

пель

peʎ

Nose

ныр

nɨr

Mouth

вом

vom

Tooth

пинь

pinʲ

Tongue

кыв

kɨv

Hand

ки

ki

Foot

кокпыдӧс

kokpɨdəs

Heart

сьӧлӧм

ɕɵlɵm

Bone

лы

lɨ

Blood

вир

vir

Poop

сіт

sit

Love

радейтӧм

radejtɵm

Tree

пу

pu

Dog

пон

pon

Cat

кань

kanʲ

Fish

чери

ˈtɕeri

Bird

кай

kaj

Butterfly

бабыв

babɨv

Egg

кольк

kolʲk

Bear

ош

oʃ

Horse

вӧв

vɵv

House

керку

kerku

Milk

йӧв

jɵv

Honey

ма

ma

Salt

сов

sov

Wine

вина

vina

Rice

рис

ris

Iron

кӧрт

kɵrt

Wheel

гӧгыль

ɡɵɡɨlʲ

Silk

шёлк

ʃolk

Book

небӧг

ˈnʲebɘɡ

Eat

сейны

sejnɨ

Drink

юны

junɨ

Sleep

узьны

uzʲnɨ

One

ӧтік

ɵtik

Two

кык

kɨk

Three

куим

kuim

Four

нёль

ɲolʲ

Five

вит

vit

Hundred

сё

sʲo

Hello

бур лун

bur lun

Thank you

аттьӧ

atʲtʲɵ

Good

бур

bur

New

виль

vilʲ

Red

гӧрд

ɡɘrd

White

еджыт

jedʑɨt

Black

сьӧд

sʲɘd

Green

веж

veʒ

Blue

лӧз

lɘz

Cuckoo

кӧк

kɵk

Computer

компьютер

komˈpʲjuter

Sushi

суши

ˈsuʃɨ

Tea

чай

tɕaj

Coffee

кофе

ˈkofe

Sugar

сакар

ˈsakar

Orange

апельсин

apelʲˈsin

Ninety-nine

ӧкмысдас ӧкмыс

ɵkmɨsdas ɵkmɨs

Sources

Words compared

Compared with languages in the same classification: Uralic (Permic)

Meaning Komi-PermyakKomi-ZyrianUdmurtVepsMeadow MariHill MariMoksha
Water ва /va/ ва /va/ ву /vu/ vezi /ˈvezi/ вӱд /vyd/ вӹд /vʉd/ ведь /vedʲ/
Fire би /bi/ би /bi/ тыл /tɨl/ lämoi /ˈlæmoi/ тул /tul/ тыл /tɨl/ тол /tol/
Sun шонді /ʃondi/ шонді /ʃondi/ шунды /ʃundɨ/ päiväine /ˈpæivæine/ кече /ketʃe/ кечӹ /ketʃʉ/ ши /ʃi/
Moon тӧлісь /tɵliɕ/ тӧлысь /tɘlɨɕ/ толэзь /tolezʲ/ ku /ku/ тылзе /tɨlze/ тӹлзӹ /tʉlzʉ/ ков /kov/
Star кӧдзыв /ˈkɘdʑɨv/ кодзув /ˈkodʑuv/ кизили /kizʲili/ tähtaz /ˈtæhtaz/ шӱдыр /ˈʃydɨr/ шӹдӹр /ˈʃɘdɘr/ тяште /ˈtʲæʃtʲe/
Night ой /oj/ вой /voj/ уй /uj/ ö /ø/ йӱд /jyd/ йыд /jəð/ ве /vʲe/
Rain зэр /zer/ зэр /zer/ зор /zor/ vihm /ˈvihm/ йӱр /jyr/ юр /jur/ пизема /pizʲemə/
Snow лым /lɨm/ лым /lɨm/ лымы /lɨmɨ/ lumi /lumi/ лум /lum/ лум /lum/ лов /lov/
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