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Extinct Uralic language
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Western Mansi
маньсь льӓх, моаньсь лаатых
Pronunciation,
Native toRussia
RegionSverdlovsk
Extinctlate 20th century
Language familyUralic
Dialects
  • Pelym
  • North Vagil
  • South Vagil
  • Lover Lozva
  • Middle Lozva
  • Vishera
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologwest2976
ELP
Traditional distribution and current Mansi settlements
Western Mansi is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
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Western Mansi was described as "probably extinct" in 1988. Although the last speaker is not known, none were left by the end of the 20th century. It had strong Russian and Komi influences; dialect differences were also considerable. Long vowels were diphthongized.

Phonology

Consonants

Western Mansi consonants
Labial Alveolar (Alveolo-)
palatal
Velar
plain palatalized plain labialized
Nasals /m/
м
/n/
н
/nʲ/
нь
/ŋ/
ӈ
/ŋʷ/
ӈв
Stops /p/
п
/t/
т
/tʲ/
ть
/k/
к
/kʷ/
кв
Fricatives voiceless /s/
с
/sʲ/
сь
/ʃ/
ш
/x/
х
/xʷ/
хв
voiced (β)
в
/ɣ/
г
Semivowels /j/
й
/w/
в
Laterals /l/
л
/lʲ/
ль
Trill /r/
р
  • /w/ may also be pronounced as .

Vowels

Western Mansi vowels
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded
Close i, y, ɨ u,
Close-mid e, ɘ, ɘː o,
Open-mid ɔ, ɔː
Open æ, æː a, (ɑː)

(PM=Only present in Pelym Mansi | ML=Only present in Middle-Lozva Mansi)

  • The long /aː/ sound is heard as back in Middle-Lozva Mansi.

Diphthongs

Diphthongs are listed as /oɒ̯/, /eæ̯/.

References

  1. Rantanen, Timo; Tolvanen, Harri; Roose, Meeli; Ylikoski, Jussi; Vesakoski, Outi (2022-06-08). "Best practices for spatial language data harmonization, sharing and map creation—A case study of Uralic". PLOS ONE. 17 (6): e0269648. Bibcode:2022PLoSO..1769648R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0269648. PMC 9176854. PMID 35675367.
  2. Rantanen, Timo, Vesakoski, Outi, Ylikoski, Jussi, & Tolvanen, Harri. (2021). Geographical database of the Uralic languages (v1.0) . Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4784188
  3. Sinor, Denis (1988-01-01). The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences. BRILL. doi:10.1163/9789004492493_011. ISBN 978-90-04-49249-3.
  4. Salminen, Tapani (2023). "Demography, endangerment, and revitalization". In Abondolo, Daniel Mario; Valijärvi, Riitta-Liisa (eds.). The Uralic languages. Routledge Language Family (2nd ed.). London New York: Routledge. p. 101-102. ISBN 978-1-138-65084-8.
  5. Kálmán 1965, pp. 4–5. sfn error: no target: CITEREFKálmán1965 (help)
  6. ^ Eichinger, Viktoria (2017). Westmansisch anhand der Textsammlungen von Munkácsi und Kannisto. Universität Wien.


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