The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
| Population | 262,200 mother tongue speakers (76%) out of an ethnic population of 345,000 (1993 UBS). |
| Region | Komi ASSR, 60' N. Lat., nearly to the Arctic Ocean. South of Yurak, west of the Vogul (Mansi) peoples. Capital is Syktywkar. |
| Alternate names | KOMI |
| Dialects | YAZVA. |
| Classification | Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Finno-Permic, Permic. |
| Comments | 80% lexical similarity with Komi-Permyat and Udmurt. Some use Nenets in the north. Russian is also used. Komi is used in the Institute for Language and Literature of the Komi branch of the Academy of Science. Pastoralists: reindeer; hunters, fishermen, lumbermen, traders. Christian: Russian Orthodox, traditional religion. NT 1979. |
