Western Mansi language explained

Western Mansi
Nativename:	маньсь льӓх, моаньсь лаатых
Pronunciation:	[manʲsʲ lʲæx], [moɒ̯nʲsʲ laːtəx]
States:	Russia
Region:	Sverdlovsk
Speakers:	-
Extinct:	late 20th century
Familycolor:	Uralic
Fam2:	Mansi
Dia1:	Pelym
Dia2:	North Vagil
Dia3:	South Vagil
Dia4:	Lover Lozva
Dia5:	Middle Lozva
Isoexception:	dialect
Glotto:	west2976
Glottorefname:	Mansic
Elp:	8549
Elpname:	Western Mansi
Notice:	IPA
Map:	6.2-East-Mansi.png
Mapcaption:	Traditional distribution and current Mansi settlements^[1] ^[2]
Map2:	Lang Status 01-EX.svg
Dia6:	Vishera

Western Mansi was described as "probably extinct" in 1988.^[3] Although the last speaker is not known, none were left by the end of the 20th century.^[4] It had strong Russian and Komi influences; dialect differences were also considerable. Long vowels were diphthongized.

Phonology

Consonants

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			(Alveolo-) palatal
Labial	Alveolar		(Alveolo-) palatal	Velar
Nasals		pronounced as //m// м	pronounced as //n// н	pronounced as //nʲ// нь		pronounced as //ŋ// ӈ	pronounced as //ŋʷ// ӈв
Stops		pronounced as //p// п	pronounced as //t// т	pronounced as //tʲ// ть		pronounced as //k// к	pronounced as //kʷ// кв
Fricatives	voiceless		pronounced as //s// с	pronounced as //sʲ// сь	pronounced as //ʃ// ш	pronounced as //x// х	pronounced as //xʷ// хв
Fricatives	voiced	(pronounced as /β/) в				pronounced as //ɣ// г
Semivowels					pronounced as //j// й		pronounced as //w// в
Laterals			pronounced as //l// л	pronounced as //lʲ// ль
Trill			pronounced as //r// р

pronounced as //w// may also be pronounced as pronounced as /[β]/.

Vowels

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	Central	Back
Front	Central	Back
Close	pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/
Close-mid	pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/		pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/
Open-mid				pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /link/ ^ML
Open	pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /ink/		pronounced as /ink/, pronounced as /link/ ^PM	(pronounced as /ink/) ^ML

(PM=Only present in Pelym Mansi | ML=Only present in Middle-Lozva Mansi)

The long pronounced as //aː// sound is heard as back pronounced as /[ɑː]/ in Middle-Lozva Mansi.

Diphthongs

Diphthongs are listed as pronounced as //oɒ̯//, pronounced as //eæ̯//.

References

Rantanen . Timo . Tolvanen . Harri . Roose . Meeli . Ylikoski . Jussi . Vesakoski . Outi . 2022-06-08 . Best practices for spatial language data harmonization, sharing and map creation—A case study of Uralic . PLOS ONE . en . 17 . 6 . e0269648 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0269648. free . 35675367 . 9176854 . 2022PLoSO..1769648R .
Rantanen, Timo, Vesakoski, Outi, Ylikoski, Jussi, & Tolvanen, Harri. (2021). Geographical database of the Uralic languages (v1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4784188
Book: Sinor, Denis . The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences . 1988-01-01 . BRILL . 978-90-04-49249-3 . 10.1163/9789004492493_011.
Book: Salminen, Tapani . Demography, endangerment, and revitalization . The Uralic languages . 2023 . Routledge . 978-1-138-65084-8 . Abondolo . Daniel Mario . 2nd . Routledge Language Family . London New York . Valijärvi . Riitta-Liisa. 101-102.