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

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87 core words in Komi-Zyrian

Water

ва

va

Fire

би

bi

Sun

шонді

ʃondi

Moon

тӧлысь

tɘlɨɕ

Star

кодзув

ˈkodʑuv

Night

вой

voj

Rain

зэр

zer

Snow

лым

lɨm

Wind

тӧв

tɘv

Earth

му

mu

Stone

из

iz

Mountain

керӧс

ˈkerɘs

Sea

саридз

ˈsaridʑ

Mother

мам

mam

Father

бать

batʲ

Daughter

ныв

nɨv

I

ме

me

You

тэ

te

We

ми

mi

Name

ним

ɲim

Person

морт

mort

Head

юр

jur

Eye

син

ɕin

Ear

пель

peʎ

Nose

ныр

nɨr

Mouth

вом

vom

Tooth

пинь

pinʲ

Tongue

кыв

kɨv

Hand

ки

ki

Foot

кок

kok

Heart

сьӧлӧм

ɕɘlɘm

Bone

лы

lɨ

Blood

вир

vir

Poop

сіт

sit

Love

муслун

muslun

Tree

пу

pu

Dog

пон

pon

Cat

кань

kanʲ

Fish

чери

ˈtɕeri

Bird

лэбач

lebatɕ

Butterfly

бобув

bobuv

Egg

кольк

kolʲk

Bear

ош

oʃ

Horse

вӧв

vɘv

House

керка

kerka

Milk

йӧв

jɘv

Honey

ма

ma

Salt

сов

sov

Wine

вина

vina

Rice

рис

ris

Chocolate

шоколад

ʃokoˈlad

Iron

кӧрт

kɘrt

Wheel

гӧгыль

ɡɘɡɨlʲ

Silk

шӧвк

ʃɘvk

Book

небӧг

ˈnʲebɘɡ

Eat

сёйны

ɕojnɨ

Drink

юны

junɨ

Sleep

узьны

uʑnɨ

One

ӧти

ɘtʲi

Two

кык

kɨk

Three

куим

kuim

Four

нёль

ɲolʲ

Five

вит

vit

Hundred

сё

ɕo

Hello

видза олан

vidza olan

Thank you

аттьӧ

atʲtʲɘ

Good

бур

bur

New

выль

vɨʎ

Red

гӧрд

ɡɘrd

White

еджыд

ˈjedʒɨd

Black

сьӧд

ɕɘd

Green

веж

veʒ

Blue

лӧз

lɘz

Cuckoo

кӧк

kɘk

Computer

компьютер

komˈpjuter

Sushi

суши

ˈsuʃi

Tea

чай

tɕaj

Coffee

копей

ˈkopej

Sugar

сакар

ˈsakar

Orange

апельсин

apelʲˈsin

Ninety-nine

ӧкмысдас ӧкмыс

ɘkmɨsdas ɘkmɨs

Sources

Words compared

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

Meaning Komi-ZyrianKomi-PermyakUdmurtVepsMeadow 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 тӧлысь /tɘlɨɕ/ тӧлісь /tɵliɕ/ толэзь /tolezʲ/ ku /ku/ тылзе /tɨlze/ тӹлзӹ /tʉlzʉ/ ков /kov/
Star кодзув /ˈkodʑuv/ кӧдзыв /ˈkɘdʑɨv/ кизили /kizʲili/ tähtaz /ˈtæhtaz/ шӱдыр /ˈʃydɨr/ шӹдӹр /ˈʃɘdɘr/ тяште /ˈtʲæʃtʲe/
Night вой /voj/ ой /oj/ 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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