Also Known As:
Votyak, удмурт кыл, удмуртский язык, вотяцкий язык, udmurt kyl, Ud-murt, Wotjakisch, Votiak, Udmurty, Votiak, Votjakisch, Udmurtskij Jazyk, Wotiaki
Dialects & Varieties
- South Udmurt
- North Udmurt
FinUgRevita: Developing Language Technology Tools for Udmurt and Mansi
FinUgRevita: Developing Language Technology Tools for Udmurt and Mansi
Threatened
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
324,338
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 3
Only about half of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are decreasing steadily, but not at an accelerated pace.
3
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 1
Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
552,299
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Udmurt Republic, Russia; Kazakhstan
Location Description
"It is spoken in the area between the Vyatka, Cheptsa and Kama rivers, about 1,200 kilometers (about 750 miles) east of Moscow but west of the Ural mountains, in the Udmurt Republic (or, informally, Udmurtia). Additionally, Udmurts also live in greater numbers in Kazakhstan, and dispersed in many cities and towns of Russia."
Government Support
Official status, but limited
Institutional Support
FinUgRevita Project
Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
None
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Recent Resources
The aim of the project is to provide computational language tools for endangered indigenous Finno-Ug
The collection of links containing texts written in Udmurt.
Udmurt Bible text, up choose Загрузки (the second from right) to get the download page.