Komi-Yazva language

Komi-Yodz
Коми-Ёдз көл
Native toRussia
RegionPerm Krai
Ethnicity4000 Yazva Komi
Native speakers
200 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologkomi1277
ELPYazva
Traditional distribution of the Komi languages
Yazva Komi is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)

The Komi-Yazva language (Коми-Ёдз көл, Komi-Jodz kål) is a Permic language closely related to Komi-Zyrian and Permyak, and spoken mostly in Krasnovishersky District of Perm Krai in Russia, in the basin of the Yazva (Yodz) River. It has no official status. It is the most divergent of all the Komi varieties.[2] About two thousand speakers densely live in Krasnovishersky District.

Map of Perm Krai. Komi-Yazva is to the east (in dark blue)
  1. ^ Moseley, Christopher, ed. (2007). Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-56331-4. OCLC 47983733.
  2. ^ Comrie, Bernard (1981). The languages of the Soviet Union. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-29877-3.