Komi is a member of the Permic branch of the Uralic language family. It is spoken by 163,000 people mainly in the Komi Republic (Коми Республика) in the northwest of the Russian Federation. There are also speakers of Komi in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Nenetsia), the Komi-Permyak Okrug (Permyakia), the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Yamalia), Perm Kai and Kirov Oblast.
These varieties are classified as separate languages in some sources, and as dialects of Komi in others.
Komi was written with the Old Permic / Abur alphabet from 1372 to the 17th century. Ways to write Komi with the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets were used after that. A new version of the Cyrillic alphabet, known as the Molodtsov alphabet (Молодцов анбур), was introduced for Komi in the 1920s. It was used for both Komi-Zyrian and Komi-Permyak.
From 1930-1936 Komi was written with a version of the Latin alphabet, after which the Cyrillic alphabet was used again, with slightly different versions for Komi-Zyrian and Komi-Permyak. A way to write Komi-Yazva with the Cyrillic alphabet was introduced in 2003. The first book in Komi, a vaccination manual, was published in 1815.
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Эмöсь лунвылын мичаджык муяс, Сэнi кывтöны визувджык юяс. Сöмын мыйлакö пыр медся матыс Эзысь лысваöн дзирдалысь асыв. Катшасинъяс, Катшасинъяс, Мыйла восьсаöсь пыр тiян синъяс?
Emös lunvylyn mičadžyk mujas, Seni kyvtöny vizuvdžyk jujas. Sömyn myjlakö pyr medsja matys Ezys lysvaön dzirdalys asyv. Katšasinjas, Katšasinjas, Myjla vossaös pyr tijan sinjas?
There are more beautiful lands in the south, There are more flowing rivers. But for some reason, the morning, shining with silver snow, is always the closest. Cats, Cats, Why are your eyes always open?
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komi_language#Sample_text
Information about Komi, Komi-Permyak, Komi-Yazva, Komi-Zyrian | Old Permic alphabet | Numbers
Information about Komi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komi_language
http://www.peoples.org.ru/abur.html
http://www.rbardalzo.narod.ru/4/komi.html
Information about the Komi Republic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komi_Republic
http://www.rkomi.ru/
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