Komi-Zyrian
A language of Russian Federation (Europe)
| Population | 217,000 (2002 census). Ethnic population: 293,406. |
| Region | Komi Republic, 60’ N. Lat., nearly to the Arctic Ocean. South of Yurak [yrk], west of Vogul (Mansi) [mns] peoples. |
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European Russia |
| Alternate names | Komi |
| Dialects | Yazva. Lexical similarity: 80% with Komi-Permyak [koi] and Udmurt [udm]. |
| Classification | Uralic, Permian, Komi A member of macrolanguage Komi [kom] (Russian Federation (Europe)). |
| Language use | Institute for Language and Literature of the Komi branch of the Academy of Science. Also use Nenets [yrk] or Russian. |
| Language development | Bible: 1990. |
| Writing system | Cyrillic script. |
| Comments | Pastoralists: reindeer; hunters; fishermen; lumbermen; traders. Christian, traditional religion. |
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