Western Mansi language

Western Mansi
Western Mansi
маньсь льӓх, моаньсь лаатых
Pronunciation	[manʲsʲ lʲæx], [moɒ̯nʲsʲ laːtəx]
Native to	Russia
Region	Sverdlovsk
Extinct	late 20th century
Language family	Uralic Finno-Ugric? Ugric? Ob-Ugric? Mansi Core Central Western Mansi; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Pelym; North Vagil; South Vagil; Lower Lozva; Middle Lozva; Vishera;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	west2976
ELP	Western Mansi
	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 is an Uralic language that was described as "probably extinct" in 1988.^[3] Although the last speaker is not known, none existed by the end of the 20th century.^[4]

The language had strong Russian and Komi influences and considerable dialect differences.^[5] Long vowels were diphthongized.

^ 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.
^ Rantanen, Timo, Vesakoski, Outi, Ylikoski, Jussi, & Tolvanen, Harri. (2021). Geographical database of the Uralic languages (v1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4784188
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Kálmán, Béla (1965). Vogul Chrestomathy. Indiana University Publications. Uralic and Altaic Series. Vol. 46. The Hague: Mouton. pp. 4–5.

[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) [Data set]. 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.

[salminen-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, Béla (1965). Vogul Chrestomathy. Indiana University Publications. Uralic and Altaic Series. Vol. 46. The Hague: Mouton. pp. 4–5.

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