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It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).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.
SIL code: UDM
ISO 639-2: fiu
| Population | 550,000 mother tongue speakers (77%) out of an ethnic population of 750,000 in the former USSR (1989 census). Population total both countries 566,000. |
| Region | Udmurtia, 1,000 km. northeast of Moscow, bounded by the Kama and Cheptsa rivers, near the Ural Mts. Izhyevsk (Ischewsk) is the capital. Also spoken in Kazakhstan. |
| Alternate names | VOTIAK, VOTYAK |
| Dialects | NORTH UDMURT (VESERMYAN, UDMURT), SOUTH UDMURT (SOUTHWESTERN UDMURT). |
| Classification | Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Finno-Permic, Permic. |
| Comments | Bilingualism in Russian. The Besermyan are Udmurt-speaking Tatar. Agriculturalists. Christian, traditional religion, secular. Bible portions 1847-1995. |
