Komi-Zyrian

KPV

developing

Alternate Names: Komi

Dialects: Yazva. Lexical similarity: 80% with Komi-Permyak , and Udmurt ,. A member of macrolanguage Komi ,.

Genealogy:

Uralic
Permian
Komi

Demographics: 156,000 (2010 census). Ethnic population: 228,000 (2010 census).

Language Use: Komi used in Institute for Language and Literature of the Komi branch of the Academy of Science. Many children learn the language but many stop using it later in life (Salminen 2007). Also use Nenets [yrk], Russian [rus].

Language Development: Bible: 1990.

Spoken In: Russian Federation

Writing System: Cyrillic

Nation of Origin: Russian Federation

Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.