| Komi-Zyrian | |
| Nativename: | коми кыв komi kyv |
| States: | Russia |
| Region: | Komi Republic, Nenetsia, Permyakia, Yamalia, elsewhere in Russia |
| Speakers: | 99,609 |
| Date: | 2020 census |
| Ref: | [1] |
| Familycolor: | Uralic |
| Fam2: | Permic |
| Fam3: | Komi |
| Script: | Cyrillic,Old Permic (formerly) |
| Iso3: | kpv |
| Glotto: | komi1268 |
| Glottorefname: | Komi-Zyrian |
| Notice: | IPA |
| Map: | 5.1a-Komi-languages.png |
| Mapcaption: | Traditional distribution of Komi languages[2] [3] |
| Map2: | Lang Status 80-VU.svg |
Komi (kv|коми кыв|komi kyv|label=none), also known as Zyran, Zyrian or Komi-Zyryan (зыран коми кыв,),[4] is the native language of the Komi (Zyrians). It is one of the Permian languages; the other regional variety is Komi-Permyak.
Komi is spoken in the Komi Republic and other parts of Russia such as Nenetsia and Yamalia. There were 285,000 speakers in 1994, which decreased to 160,000 in 2010.
It was formerly written in the Old Permic script created by Stephen of Perm for liturgical purposes in the 14th century, though very few texts exist in this script. The Cyrillic script was introduced by Russian missionaries in the 17th century, replacing it. A tradition of secular works of literature in the modern form of the language dates back to the 19th century.
Komi has ten dialects: Syktyvkardin (Sysola), Lower Ežva (Vychegda), Central Ežva (Vychegda), Upper Ežva (Vychegda), Luz-let, Upper Sysola, Pećöra, Iźva, Vym, and Udora dialects. Syktyvkardin is spoken in the region of Syktyvkar and forms the model for the generic standard dialect of the language. Dialects are divided based primarily on their use of pronounced as //v// and pronounced as //l//:[5]
The start of the change date to the 17th century. It is not seen in the oldest Komi texts from the 14th century, nor in loanwords from Komi to Khanty, dated to the 16th; though it fully occurred before Russian loanwords that entered the language in the 18th century as pronounced as //l// remains unchanged in these.
Some dialects are further distinguished based on the palatalized alveolars pronounced as //dʲ tʲ//, which have unpacked in syllable-final position as clusters pronounced as //jd jt//.[5]
See main article: Komi alphabets.
The Old Permic script is the first writing system for Komi. It was invented in the 14th century by the missionary Stephen of Perm. The alphabet resembled medieval Greek and Cyrillic. The script was also known as Anbur (Komi:, Анбур), named for the first 2 letters of the script, "an" & "bur" (&, respectively). It is no longer in use today, though it has received Unicode Support as "Old Permic" in recent times.[6] The script saw use in Komi-inhabited areas, primarily the Principality of Great Perm and parts of Bjarmaland.
In the 16th century, this alphabet was replaced by the Russian alphabet with certain modifications for affricates. In the 1920s, the language was written in the Molodtsov alphabet, which also derived from Cyrillic. In the 1930s, during the Latinisation in the Soviet Union, Komi was briefly written with a version of the Latin script. Since the 1940s it uses the Russian-based Cyrillic alphabet with the additional letters І, і and Ӧ, ӧ.
| Anbur | Cyrillic | Cyrillic (Molodtsov) | Latin | IPA | Letter name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| А а | A a | pronounced as /link/ | а | ||||
| Б б | B b | pronounced as /link/ | бе | ||||
| В в | V v | pronounced as /link/ | ве | ||||
| Г г | G g | pronounced as /link/ | ге | ||||
| Д д | Ԁ ԁԂ ԃ | D d Ď ď | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ before е, ё, и, ю, я, ь | дэ | |||
| Дж дж | Җ җ | Dž dž | pronounced as /link/ | дже | |||
| Дз дз | Ԇ ԇ | Dź dź | pronounced as /link/ | дзе | |||
| - | Е е | - | Je je E e | pronounced as /link/ [je] word-initially and after vowels /e/ after /c, ɟ, ɕ, ʑ, ɲ, ʎ/ | е | ||
| - | Ё ё | - | Jo joO o | [jo] word-initially and after vowels /o/ after /c, ɟ, ɕ, ʑ, ɲ, ʎ/ | ё | ||
| Ж ж | Ž ž | pronounced as /link/ | же | ||||
| З з | З зԄ ԅ | Z z Ź ź | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ before е, ё, и, ю, я, ь | зэ | |||
| И и | - | I i | pronounced as /link/ /i/ after /c, ɟ, ɕ, ʑ, ɲ, ʎ/ | небыд и ("soft i") | |||
| І і | I i | /i/ after /t, d, s, z, n, l/ | чорыд и ("hard i") | Non-palatalizing form of и. | |||
| Й й | Ј ј | J j | pronounced as /link/ | дженьыд и | |||
| К к | K k | pronounced as /link/ | ка | ||||
| Л л | Л лԈ ԉ | L l Ľ ľ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ before е, ё, и, ю, я, ь | эл | |||
| М м | M m | pronounced as /link/ | эм | ||||
| Н н | Н нԊ ԋ | N n Ń ń | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ before е, ё, и, ю, я, ь | эн | |||
| О о- | O o- | pronounced as /link//ɔ/ | о"open o" | Open "o" is absent in the literary Komi language. | |||
| Ӧ ӧ | Ö ö | pronounced as /link/ | ӧ | ||||
| П п | P p | pronounced as /link/ | пе | ||||
| Р р | R r | pronounced as /link/ | эр | ||||
| С с | С сԌ ԍ | S s Ś ś | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ before е, ё, и, ю, я, ь | эс | |||
| Т т | Т тԎ ԏ | T t Ť ť | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ before е, ё, и, ю, я, ь | тэ | |||
| Тш тш | Щ щ | Č č | pronounced as /link/ | тше | |||
| У у | U u | pronounced as /link/ | у | ||||
| Ф ф | - | F f | /f/ | эф | In loanwords. | ||
| Х х | - | H h | /x/ | ха | In loanwords. | ||
| Ц ц | - | C c | /ts/ | це | In loanwords. | ||
| - | Ч ч | Ć ć | pronounced as /link/ | че | |||
| Ш ш | Š š | pronounced as /link/ | ша | ||||
| Щ щ | - | Šč šč | /ʃtʃ~ʃː/ | ща | In loanwords. | ||
| Ъ ъ | - | - | - | чорыд пас ("hard sign") | Same usage as Russian. | ||
| Ы ы | Y y | pronounced as /link/ | ы | ||||
| Ь ь | - | - | /ʲ/ | небыд пас ("soft sign") | Same usage as Russian. | ||
| - | Э э- | Ее | E e- | pronounced as /link//ɛ/ | э"open e" | Non-palatalizing form of "е".Open "e" is absent in the modern Komi language. | |
| Ю ю | - | Ju juU u | [ju] /u/ after /c, ɟ, ɕ, ʑ, ɲ, ʎ/ | ю | |||
| Я я | - | Ja jaA a | [ja] /a/ after /c, ɟ, ɕ, ʑ, ɲ, ʎ/ | я | |||
Letters particular to the Molodtsov alphabet include ԁ, ԃ, ԅ, ԇ, ԉ, ԋ, ԍ, ԏ, most of which represent palatalized consonants.
| А а | Б б | В в | Г г | Ԁ ԁ | Ԃ ԃ | Е е | Ж ж | Җ җ | З з | Ԅ ԅ | Ԇ ԇ | ||
| І і | Ј ј | К к | Л л | Ԉ ԉ | М м | Н н | Ԋ ԋ | О о | Ӧ ӧ | П п | Р р | ||
| С с | Ԍ ԍ | Т т | Ԏ ԏ | У у | Ф ф | Х х | Ц ц | Ч ч | Ш ш | Щ щ | Ы ы |
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Affricate | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Trill | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |
The phoneme pronounced as /link/ is phonetically pronounced as /link/, and pronounced as /link/ is phonetically pronounced as /link/. There is noticeable positional allophony, depending on the surrounding consonants, however no allophone overlaps with another vowel phoneme.[8]
Komi has 17 cases, with a rich inventory of locative cases. Like other Uralic languages, Komi has no gender. Verbs agree with subjects in person and number (sg/pl). Negation is expressed with an auxiliary verb, which is inflected for person, number and tense.
Komi is an agglutinative language and adheres to a subject–object–verb order.[9] Most modern texts, however, possess a subject-verb-object word order, due to heavy Russian language influence and the resulting calques.
The following sample text displays the Anbur, Cyrillic (modern) and Latin lyrical text from the Komi-Zyryan folk song "Kačaśinjas" (Daisies).
The first verse of the song and the refrain, as written in the Anbur Script:
The second verse and refrain, as written in the Zyryan Cyrillic Alphabet:
Эмöсь лунвылын мичаджык муяс, Сэнi кывтöны визувджык юяс. Сöмын мыйлакö пыр медся матыс Эзысь лысваöн дзирдалысь асыв. Катшасинъяс, Катшасинъяс, Мыйла восьсаöсь пыр тiян синъяс?
The third and final verse and refrain, as written in the modern Latin Alphabet:
Una śylankyv tatyś mi kyvlim, Kodös śiöny raďejtan nyvly. Lovja dźoridźyś myj burys śurö Syly puktyny kudria jurö. Kačaśinjas, Kačaśinjas, Myjla vośsaöś pyr tijan śinjas?