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
Europe and North Asia
Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.
Threatened
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
520,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 2
A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.
2
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 4
Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.
4
Transmission
Transmission 2
Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.
2
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
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
East-central Russia
Location Description
Spoken in the Udmurt Republic and parts of Tatarstan, the Republic of Mariy-El, Bashkortostan, and Kirov (Vyatka) and Perm’ provinces in the Russian Federation.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
None
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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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
udmurt kil
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.