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  Komi-Zyrian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is disputed whether Zyrian is a separate language or a dialect of Komi, because of its affinity to Komi-Permyak language.
It was written in the form of Old Permic language for liturgical purposes as early as the 14th century in the Old Permic alphabet, or Abur.
Prisyktyvkarsky is spoken in the region of Syktyvkar and forms the model for the generic standard dialect of the language.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Komi-Zyrian_language   (251 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: ISO 639
The Buriat language is a mongolian language spoken by the Buryats.
Iban is the spoken language of ethnic Dayak Iban in Borneo.
The Mirandese language (Lhéngua Mirandesa in Mirandese; Língua Mirandesa or Mirandês in Portuguese) is spoken in northeastern Portugal.
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 Finno-Ugric language family
Komi language is included into the Finno-Ugric language family and forms a Permic group of the Finno-Ugric languages with the Udmurt language, which is the closest to Komi.
The Komi Jazva habit in the Krasnovishera rayon of the Perm oblast in Middle and Upper Jazva, which is the left tributary of the Vishera river flowing onto Kama.
In 1918 the Syktyvkar dialect was chosen as a base for the Komi literary language, because it was the central dialect among the Komi ones geographically and linguistically.
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 Komi language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Komi language, also known as Zyrian, or Komi-Zyrian, is a language spoken by the Komi peoples in the northeastern European part of Russia.
Komi belongs to the Finno-Permic group of the Finno-Ugric languages.
Of the several dialects found within Komi, two major dialects are recognized, although the differences are not great: Komi-Zyrian, the largest group, which serves as the literary basis within the Komi Republic; and Komi-Yazva, spoken by a small, isolated group of Komi to the east of Permyakia autonomous district and south of the Komi Republic.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Komi_language   (323 words)

  
 Komi language -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Komi belongs to the (additional info and facts about Finno-Permic) Finno-Permic group of the (additional info and facts about Finno-Ugric languages) Finno-Ugric languages.
The first (A method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols) writing system, known as (additional info and facts about Abur) Abur, was invented in the (additional info and facts about 14th century) 14th century by Russian missionary Stephen, who later became a Komi saint.
The alphabet is derived from medieval (An alphabet drived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages) Cyrillic and (A native or inhabitant of Greece) Greek.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ko/komi_language.htm   (224 words)

  
 545\aishton
Komi was one of Stalins favorite gulag locations and, in fact, there are well over 1,000 gulags located in the Komi Republic, some of which are still active as prisons.
The Komi capital of Syktyvkar is situated at the confluence of the Syssola and Vwychegda Rivers.
Komi not only is constrained by the general environmental standards issued from Moscow but is also constrained by the hierarchy of political structure.
www.umich.edu /~csfound/545/1995/aishton.htm   (6383 words)

  
 KOMIS or Zyryans
In the rural areas the Komis are still in the majority, but the economic importance of the rural areas is constantly decreasing and the mass departure from the villages continues.
The school instruction in the Komi language during the first four school-years was reintroduced in 1994/95; the language is also taught as one of the subjects until the end of the secondary school.
Although school instruction in the Komi language is officially supported, it still cannot be obtained everywhere and anywhere, and parents who have been educated in Russian prefer to enroll their children in Russian schools.
www.suri.ee /eup/komis.html   (816 words)

  
 Eesti Rahva Muuseum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This was carried out by sons of the Komi clergy, separated from their native environment from an early age and put to Russian church schools (seminaries) (in Ustyug during 1738—1786, in Vologda from the year 1786).
The use of the Komi language by clergymen was based on the Komi Orthodox traditions created by Stephen of Perm.
The Komi language Orthodox tradition was revived by Georgi Lytkin who considered the second half of the 14th century to be the golden age of Komi history (Annus 2000: 88—95).
www.erm.ee /?node=243   (4189 words)

  
 Institute
The Institute of Language, Literature and History was organized on April 1, 1970 on the basis of several departments of the Komi Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences that had existed within the academic institution since 1944 (the basis for them being the Komi Scientific Research Institute (SRI) opened in 1934).
On March 26, 1970 at the session of the Presidium of the Komi Branch, USSR Academy of Sciences, it was decided to organize the Institute of Language, Literature and History on April 1, 1970, with three departments to be included: History; Ethnography and Archaeology; Language and Literature.
The Institute of Language, Literature and History, Komi Science Centre, Ural Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, is one of the largest centers of Finno-Ugristics and the leading research institution in the European North-East of Russia in the field of historical and philological sciences.
www.hum.uran.ru /illh/ENGL/inst_e.htm   (2367 words)

  
 Russia - The Republic of Komi - RussiaTrek.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Komi Republic is situated in the extreme North-East part of Russia.
The population of Komi Republic is estimated at 1.2 million citizen and consists of 100 nationalities including 23% of Komi.
Komi Scientific Center of Russia Academy Urals Branch is the main scientific institution of Komi Republic.
www.russiatrek.com /rp_komi.shtml   (499 words)

  
 Barentsinfo : Ulapland.fi/Kotisivut/Barents portal/Content by Category/Indigenous people/Komi
For the Komi, the question of language is very important, and during the past years much attention has been paid to the language use and education.
Komi is also taught in schools, and although there are still no pure Komi schools, there aye some school, where the language of teaching is Komi during the first four grades.
In villages, where the Komi are in majority, the native language is used as the first language in kindergarten, but the children can also attend classes of Russian language.
www.barentsinfo.org /?deptid=15087   (697 words)

  
 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Komi @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
KOMI [Komi], Finnic people of the northeastern part of European Russia.
The Komi live in the Komi Republic and the Komi-Permyaks live in the Komi-Permyak Autonomous Area; both were formerly administrative divisions of the Russian SFSR.
The enlightener of the Komi and a saint of the Orthodox Eastern Church was Stephen of Perm (1340-96).
highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:Komi&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (165 words)

  
 The Alekseev Manuscript - Chapter VII: Bronze Age in Eurasia
HOLLIS equates Nuristani with Dardic 28, with Bashgali 29, and with the Kafiri languages 30 (Bashgali, Dardic, and Nuristani are languages of Afghanistan).
The Tokharian language is synonymous with Yueh Cheh.
The Livonians, from a small area in Latvia, speak the Livonian language, the Mansi of the Ob Valley in Siberia and the Tavda Valley in Russia speak the Mansi language, the Mari speak the Mari language, and the Mordvins speak the Mordvin language with dialects of Erzya and Moksha.
www.drummingnet.com /alekseev/ChapterVII.html   (12823 words)

  
 Komi language - TheBestLinks.com - Europe, Russia, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, Finno-Ugric languages, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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Of the several dialects found within Komi, two major dialects are recognized, although the differences are not great: Komi (Zyryan), the largest group, which serves as the literary basis within Komi republic; and Komi-Yazva, spoken by a small, isolated group of Komi to the east of Komi-Permyak autonomous okrug and south of Komi republic.
www.thebestlinks.com /Komi_language.html   (178 words)

  
 Komi Sciences Centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Institute was established in 1970 on the basis of the Departments of Archaeology and Ethnography; History; Language and Literature of the Komi Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
The thorough investigation of the grammatical system of the Komi language from the point of view of its typological peculiarities has been carried out.
In 1999-2003 research workers of the Folklore Department worked over a theme "Verbal prose of Komi: the statute of monuments" which purpose is the creation of the academic statute of monuments of verbal culture of indigenous population of the Republic of Komi.
www.ksc.komi.ru /en/illh   (1148 words)

  
 Tundra Nenets grammatical sketch
The traditional territory of the Tundra Nenets language extends along a vast tundra zone from the Kanin Peninsula in the west to the Yenisei River delta and the Yenisei Bay in the east.
Komi and Northern Khanty are the two languages that are known to have had the most extensive contacts with Tundra Nenets for a lengthy period, while the Russian influence has now by far surpassed their effects on Tundra Nenets.
According to the 1989 census, the native language retention was a remarkable 94 per cent (19,713 of 20,917; the figures include also Forest Nenets) in the Yamal Nenets District, and a fair 81 per cent (1,990 of 2,446) in the Taimyr District.
www.helsinki.fi /~tasalmin/sketch.html   (9344 words)

  
 Minority languages of Russia on the Net - Komi-Zyrian (Komi) language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Spoken in the Republic of Komi, the Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi autonomous districts and the Murmansk region.
An Old Permian (Komi) writing system was created in the 14th century by the Orthodox missionary Stepan Khrap.
Language, literature and history instute of the Komi science center of the Russian academy of science
www.peoples.org.ru /eng_komi.html   (227 words)

  
 ALFRED detailed record information
The Komi-Zyrian (also known as Komi, Zyrians, and Zyryan Komis) are native inhabitants of the Republic of Komi and the surrounding area.
The majority of Komi are Christian Orthodoxy although some still follow the religion of their ancestors and are referred to as "Old believers".
Linguistically the Komi belong to the Finno-Ugric branch of the Ural language family.
alfred.med.yale.edu /alfred/recordinfo.asp?condition=(populations.pop_name='Komi-Zyrian')   (296 words)

  
 Ethnologue 14 report for language code:KPV
The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
Komi ASSR, 60' N. Lat., nearly to the Arctic Ocean.
Komi is used in the Institute for Language and Literature of the Komi branch of the Academy of Science.
www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=KPV   (91 words)

  
 Grammar of Language of Asiatic, Grammar of Language of Chuany, Grammar of Lezg Language, Grammar of Literary Komi, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Grammar of the Language of the Asiatic Eskimos Vol 1
Grammar of the Language of the Asiatic Eskimos, Vol I
Grammar of the Vepse Language: Phonetics and Morphology
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 Minority languages of Russia on the Net - Komi-Permyak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Spoken in the Komi-Permyak autonomous distric, in the north-eastern parts of the Kirov and Perm regions, in various regions of Siberia.
The literary language started to develope in the 1920's (on the basis of the so-called Molodcov alphabet, common with Komi-Zyrian).
In the beginning of the 1930's the Komi-Permyak language was switched into the Latin, and at the end of the decade - Cyrillic alphabet.
peoples.org.ru /eng_permjak.html   (151 words)

  
 Eesti Rahva Muuseum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
By the second part of this century, when it had abandoned its native Samoyedic language and begun to use the language of the majority population of the forest tundra zone of the region.
Besides that, the author of the document is not Komi or Nenets but Russian worker of the Committee and, therefore, his opinion about the cultural position of the Volost tends to be more or less an opinion of an outsider.
The fact of the change of language, which is often used as an argument for the dependence of Kolva Nenets on Komi, clearly points to a strong cultural influence, but not to the economic dependence.
www.erm.ee /?node=164   (5625 words)

  
 Komi Fonts, Komi Reference, Komi Software - Mac, Komi Software - Windows, Komi System,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Komi is another of the Finno-Ugric languages spoken in north-eastern European Russia.
Komi-Permyak is spoken by about 275,000 people in what is now the Komi Republic (capital: Syktyvkar), which extends over a large area (the size of California) eastward to the North Ural Mountains and north past the Artic Circle.
Komi is written in the Cyrillic alphabet with two non-Russian letters,the i and ö.
www.worldlanguage.com /Languages/Komi.htm   (342 words)

  
 Publications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Fiscal policy of the Russian government and the state peasants of the east White-Sea coast area and Pre-Urals in the XVII century.
The Komi village in the beginning of the XX century (1900-1917).
Chronicle of the Komi land in the XI-beginning of the XVII centuries.
www.komisc.ru /illi/common/publ_e.htm   (233 words)

  
 Old Permic alphabet
It was modelled on the Greek and Cyrillic alphabets, but many of the letters resemble the Komi religious "Tamga signs".
Komi, an Uralic language spoken by about 360,000 in the Komi Republic in the northeast of European Russia.
Komi is now written with the Cyrillic alphabet.
www.omniglot.com /writing/oldpermic.htm   (188 words)

  
 Komi - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Komi language—languages of the Komi peoples (Komi-Zyrian language and Komi-Permyak language).
Komi (Arcadia), Greece—a village in northern Arcadia in Greece.
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Komi   (84 words)

  
 Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug is located in the northwestern corner of Perm Oblast and borders with the Komi Republic to the north.
The Komi-Permyak language belongs to the Permian group of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralo-Altaic language family.
Komi literature has an old tradition, dating back to medieval times, when the people came into contact with Orthodox missionaries.
www.hf.uib.no /Andre/vesti/KOMI-PER.HTM   (331 words)

  
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 Komi (disambiguation) - TheBestLinks.com - Greece, TheBestLinks.com:Disambiguation, Arcadia, Go (board game), ...
Komi (disambiguation) - TheBestLinks.com - Greece, TheBestLinks.com:Disambiguation, Arcadia, Go (board game),...
Komi is also a rule in a board game Go.
This is a disambiguation page, i.e., a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
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 Phrasebase - Komi Language Facts And Information
ZYRIAN: Komi ASSR, 60' N. Lat., nearly to the Arctic Ocean.
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