Western Mansi language

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Western Mansi
маньсь льӓх, моаньсь лаатых
Pronunciation[manʲsʲlʲæx], [moɒ̯nʲsʲlaːtəx]
Native to Russia
Region Sverdlovsk
Extinct late 20th century
Uralic
Dialects
  • Pelym
  • North Vagil
  • South Vagil
  • Lover Lozva
  • Middle Lozva
  • Vishera
Language codes
ISO 639-3 –
Glottolog west2976
ELP Western Mansi
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Traditional distribution and current Mansi settlements [1] [2]
Lang Status 01-EX.svg
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]

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

Phonology

Consonants

Western Mansi consonants [6]
Labial Alveolar (Alveolo-)
palatal 		Velar
plain palatalized plain labialized
Nasals /m/
м		/n/
н		/nʲ/
нь		/ŋ/
ӈ		/ŋʷ/
ӈв
Stops /p/
п		/t/
т		/tʲ/
ть		/k/
к		/kʷ/
кв
Fricatives voiceless /s/
с		/sʲ/
сь		/ʃ/
ш		/x/
х		/xʷ/
хв
voiced (β)
в		/ɣ/
г
Semivowels /j/
й		/w/
в
Laterals /l/
л		/lʲ/
ль
Trill /r/
р

Vowels

Western Mansi vowels [6]
Front Central Back
unroundedrounded
Close i , iː y , yː ɨ u , uː
Close-mid e , eː ɘ , ɘː o , oː
Open-mid ɔ , ɔː ML
Open æ , æː a , aː PM( ɑː ) ML

(PM=Present only in Pelym Mansi | ML=Present only in Middle Lozva Mansi)

Diphthongs

Diphthongs were listed as /oɒ̯/ and /eæ̯/. [6]

References

  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.
  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 1965, pp. 4–5.
  6. 1 2 3 Eichinger, Viktoria (2017). Westmansisch anhand der Textsammlungen von Munkácsi und Kannisto. Universität Wien.
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