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 AllRefer.com - Finno-Ugric languages (Language And Linguistics) - Encyclopedia
Ostyak is spoken by about 25,000 in the area of the Ob River of W Siberia, and Vogul is the language of some 5,000 in the neighborhood of the Ob and Irtysh rivers of W Siberia.
These languages have about 24 million speakers distributed in enclaves scattered in a territory that stretches from Norway east to the Ob River of Siberia and south to the Carpathian Mts.
The Finno-Ugric languages are agglutinative in that they add large numbers of suffixes to an unchanging root (one suffix following the other) to indicate such features as case, number, person, tense, and mood.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/FinnoUgr.html   (323 words)

  
 List of languages - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia
Ethnologue lists about 6,800 main languages in its language name index (see the external link) and distinguishes about 41,000 alternate language names and dialects.
This list deals with particular languages, and includes only natural and constructed languages spoken by humans.
See List of spoken and sign languages beginning with the letter Z for about 50 more.
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /l/li/list_of_languages.html   (160 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Indigenous people
Papuans: at least 250 distinct tribes, each with their own language and culture in Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea (the other half is the Papua province of Indonesia).
Komi peoples (two of the Northern Indigenous Peoples of Siberian Russia is a federation which consists of 89 subjects (Russian: субъект(ы); English transliteration: subyekty, sing.
Guarani and other Tupi is the name of a language family that was spoken along the Brazilian coast at the time of its discovery.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Indigenous-people   (9510 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Komi Article
The name may refer to Komi Republic Komi peoples Komi-Zyrians Komi-Permyaks Komi language Komi-Zyrian language Komi-Permyak language Komi is also a rule in a board game Go.
Komi is also a rule in a board game Go.
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
www.ipedia.com /komi.html   (116 words)

  
 Finno-Ugric language family
He believes the old Permian word "Sara" ("a man") is set in the base of the word "Zyrian", which is the Indo-Iranian borrowing in the Finno-Premian languages.
According Vasoi, the name "Zyrian" originated from the name of the Komi tribes, which had lived in the areas of these rivers.
The Hungarian researcher of Komi Erik Vasoi believes that the hydronyms - the names of the rivers Surja, Zarja, Serja, which are located in the Kama area, are the base of the ethnonym "Zyrian".
www.geocities.com /Athens/2282/finno.html   (116 words)

  
 Komi-Zyrian language
Komi-Zyrian, or simply Zyrian or Zyryan, is a Finno-Ugric language of the Permic branch spoken by the Komi-Zyrians' ethnic group in Komi Republic and some other parts of Russia.
It is disputed whether Zyrian is a separate language or a dialect of Komi, because of its affinity to Komi-Permyak language.
Too hefty to be portable, it is nevertheless a perfect desk dictionary, starting with a seventeen-page explanatory chart and notes, an essay on the English language, and a guide to pronunciation.
www.freeglossary.com /Zyrian_language   (116 words)

  
 The Holy Hierarch Stephen, Bishop of Perm
Later, using Slavonic and Greek letters he formulated the Zyrian alphabet and translated into that language some Holy and Liturgical books, and in 1379 he embarked upon a missionary course.
Not far from the area of his birth there lived some Zyrians (presently known as Komi-Permyaks).
He burned down the famous Zyrian temple with all its idols, and with the help of local residents he erected the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin within the main Zyrian settlement at the estuary of the Kama river.
www.fatheralexander.org /booklets/english/saints/stephen_perm.htm   (116 words)

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