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The PermicorPermian languages are a branch of the Uralic language family. They are spoken in several regions to the west of the Ural Mountains within the Russian Federation. The total number of speakers is around 950,000, of which around 550,000 speak the most widely spoken language, Udmurt. Like other Uralic languages, the Permic languages are primarily agglutinative and have a rich system of grammatical cases. Unlike many others, they do not have vowel harmony.[3]

Permic
EthnicityPermians
Geographic
distribution
foothills of the Ural MountainsinRussia
Linguistic classificationUralic
  • Permic
Subdivisions
Glottologperm1256

Distribution of the Permic languages at the beginning of the 20th century[1][2]

The earliest Permic language to be preserved in writing was Old Permic or Old Zyryan, in the 14th century.[3]

The extant Permic languages are:

The Permic languages have traditionally been classified as Finno-Permic languages, along with the Finnic, Saami, Mordvin, and Mari languages. The Finno-Permic and Ugric languages together made up the Finno-Ugric family. However, this taxonomy has more recently been called into question, and the relationship of the Permic languages to other Uralic languages remains uncertain.[4]

Phonology

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Proto-Uralic word roots have been subject to particularly heavy reduction in the Permic languages.

A peculiarity of Permic is the occurrence of the voiced consonants such as *b, *g word-initially even in inherited vocabulary, apparently a development from original PU voiceless consonants.

The Proto-Permic consonant inventory is reconstructed as:[5][6][7]

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t c k
voiced b d ɟ ɡ
Affricate voiceless t͡ʃ t͡ɕ
voiced d͡ʒ d͡ʑ
Fricative voiceless s, ʃ ɕ
voiced z, ʒ ʑ
Approximant w, ʋ l j, ʎ
Trill r

This inventory is retained nearly unchanged in the modern-day Permic languages.

Komi has merged original *w into /ʋ/ and undergone a word-final a change *l/ʋ/ ~ /w/ in many dialects, while Udmurt has changed word-initially *r/d͡ʒ/or/d͡ʑ/. is retained only in some Udmurt dialects; in other Permic varieties it has become /m/ next to back vowels, /n/ next to central vowels, /ɲ/ next to front vowels.

In later Russian loanwords, the consonants /f x t͡s/ may occur.

The consonant *w was marginal and occurred only word-initially or after a word-initial *k, generally traceable to diphthongization of the close back vowel of the 2nd series.[clarification needed] An exceptional[clarification needed] word is the numeral "six", *kwatʲ, which in Komi is the only native word root with an initial cluster.[8]

Literary Komi and literary Udmurt both possess a seven-vowel system /i ɯ u e ə o a/. These are however not related straightforwardly, and numerous additional vowels are required for Proto-Permic, perhaps as many as 15 altogether. The reconstruction of Proto-Permic vocalism and its development from Proto-Uralic has always been a puzzling topic, for which there are several models. There is general agreement on the existence of two series of close vowels, one of which results in modern /i ɯ u/ in literary Udmurt and literary Komi-Zyryan, the other in correspondences of Udmurt /e ɯ u/ to Komi /e ə o/ (but /i ʉ u/ in the Komi-Yazva language). Proposed distinguishing factors for these include length (*u, *uː), tenseness (*ʊ, *u) and height (*u, *o).[9]

Here is the vowel table used in Wiktionary:

Proto-Permic vowels
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded unrounded rounded unrounded rounded
Close i ü u
Close-Mid e ö ȯ o
Mid
Open-Mid ɛ ɔ̈ ɔ̇ ɔ
Open ä a å
Vowel correspondences in Permic languages (word-initial syllable)
Proto-Permic Old Komi Komi-Zyrian Komi-Permyak Komi-Yazva Udmurt Finnic notes
*a 𐍐 а а a а *a, *ä
𐍐 а а a у *a
𐍩 ӧ ӧ ӧ е *ä, *e, *i Dialectally, Udmurt *ä > ӧ
𐍩 о о о у *ä, *e, *i, *ö, *ü
*o 𐍞 о о у у *a, *ë, *i, *o, *u Udmurt *wo- > ва-

Beserman *wo- > ўа- Irregularly, Udmurt *o > ы/и Irregularly, Beserman *o > ө

𐍔 е е е о *ä, *e, *i (*ö, *ü) Next to palatals, Udmurt *ɛ > е

Irregularly, Udmurt *ɛ >e

*e 𐍱 е е и о *ä, *e, *i (*ö, *ü) Next to palatals, Udmurt *e > е

Irregularly, Udmurt *e >e

*ɔ̇ 𐍩 ӧ ӧ ӧ о *ä mainly Before *l, Udmurt *ɔ̇ > а

Irregularly, Udmurt *ɔ̇ > а

𐍩 ӧ ӧ ӱ ӧ *o, *u mainly Udmurt unstressed *ȯ > ы

Beserman unstressed *ȯ > ө

*ɔ̈ 𐍩 ӧ ӧ ӧ ӧ *ö, *ü Udmurt unstressed *ɔ̈ > у

Irregularly, Komi *ɔ̈ > е

𐍞 о о у у *ä, e, i, ö, ü Beserman *ö > ө
*u̇ 𐍨 ы ы ө ы *u, *ü mainly Beserman *u̇ > ө
*i 𐍙 и и и и *i, *e mainly
*u 𐍣 у у у у *a, *o mainly Irregularly, Udmurt *u > ы/и

Irregularly, Beserman *u > ө

𐍣 у у у у *ä, *e *i, *ö, *ü Beserman *ü > ө

Irregularly, Udmurt *u > ы/и

Vowel correspondences in Permic languages (non-initial syllable)
Proto-Permic Old Komi Komi-Zyrian Komi-Permyak Komi-Yazva Udmurt notes
*a 𐍐 а а a а / о
𐍩 ӧ ӧ ө е
*i 𐍙 / 𐍨 и / ы и / ы и / ө и / ы / у different realisations in

dialectal Udmurt

Morphophonology

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Noun roots in the Permic languages are predominantly monosyllabic and invariable with the canonical shape (C)VC. CV roots, such as Udmurt ву /ʋu/, Komi and Permyak ва /ʋa/ 'water', and (C)VCC roots, such as Udmurt урт /urt/, Komi орт /ort/ 'soul', exist as well. In Udmurt, there are furthermore a number of bisyllabic roots, mostly of the shape (C)VCɯ.[10]

In noun roots with certain final clusters, the second consonant surfaces only when followed with a vowel in inflected or derived forms :

Full cluster Shortens to Example
-nm- -n син /ɕin/ 'eye'
-pt- -p шеп /ʃep/ 'ear of corn'
-kt- -k кык /kɯk/ '2'
-sk- -s мус /mus/ 'liver'
-ʃk- мыш /mɯʃ/ 'back'
-ɕk- юсь /juɕ/ 'swan'

Udmurt has similar alternation for a number of other clusters of the shape voiced consonant+/m/, while Komi-Zyryan adds a number of clusters of the shape voiced consonant+/j/.[11]

The verb root for 'to come': Udmurt лыкты- /lɯktɯ-/, Komi локты- /loktɯ-/ also shows alternation to plain /k/ in e.g. the imperative (in Udmurt only dialectally).[12]

Notes

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  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.
  • ^ 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
  • ^ a b Scheucher, Bernhard. "The Permic Languages". LanguageServer - the Languages of the World. The University of Graz. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  • ^ Kittilä, Seppo; Västi, Katja; Ylikoski, Jussi (2011). Case, Animacy and Semantic Roles. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 354. ISBN 9789027206800. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
  • ^ Bartens 2000, p. 33.
  • ^ Csúcs 2005, pp. 101–102.
  • ^ Lytkin 1970, pp. 10–21.
  • ^ Bartens 2000, p. 51-52
  • ^ Bartens 2000, p. 55-56
  • ^ Bartens 2000, p. 66
  • ^ Bartens 2000, p. 69-71
  • ^ Bartens 2000, p. 178
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