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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Europe > Russian Federation (Europe) > Udmurt

Udmurt

A language of Russian Federation (Europe)

ISO 639-3udm

Population  464,000 in Russian Federation (2002 census). Population total all countries: 479,800. Ethnic population: 636,906.
Region  Near Ural Mountains; Udmurtia, 1,000 kms. northeast of Moscow, bounded by Kama and Cheptsa rivers. Also in Kazakhstan.
Language maps  European Russia
European Russia
Alternate names   Votiak, Votyak
Dialects  North Udmurt (Besermyan, Udmurt), South Udmurt (Southwestern Udmurt).
Classification  Uralic, Permian
Language use  The Besermyan are Udmurt-speaking Tatar. Also use Russian.
Language development  NT: 1997.
Writing system  Cyrillic script. Latin script.
Comments  Agriculturalists. Christian, traditional religion, secular.