Northern Mansi

Northern Mansi
ма̄ньси ла̄тыӈ, ма̄ньщи ла̄тыӈ
mānʹsʹi lātyň
Pronunciation[maːnʲɕi laːtəŋ] ⓘ
Native toRussia
RegionKhanty–Mansi, Sverdlovsk
Native speakers
2,200 (2021)[1]
Uralic
Dialects
  • Severnaya Sosva
  • Sygva
  • Upper Lozva
  • Ob
Cyrillic (Mansi alphabet)
Official status
Regulated byOb-Ugric Institute of Applied Science and Development
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologmans1258
ELP
Map of regions where those who speak the extant Northern Mansi language. The gradient represents the uncertainty in where the language can be spoken. (2022)
Northern Mansi is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
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Northern Mansi (ма̄ньси ла̄тыӈ, pronounced [maːnʲɕi laːtəŋ] ⓘ) is the sole surviving member of the Mansi languages, spoken in Russia in the Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Sverdlovsk Oblast.

Northern Mansi has strong Russian, Komi, Nenets, and Northern Khanty influence, and is the literary Mansi language. There is no accusative case; that is, both the nominative and accusative roles are unmarked on the noun. */æ/ and */æː/ have been backed to [a] and [aː].

This article focuses on the Severnaya Sosva dialect of Northern Mansi, considered the literary language.

  1. ^ "Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2020 года. Таблица 6. Население по родному языку" [Results of the All-Russian population census 2020. Table 6. population according to native language.]. rosstat.gov.ru. Retrieved 2023-01-03.