UDM ISO 639-3
Udmurt
Удмурт кыл (Udmurt kyl) Autonym
A language of Russian Federation
- ISO 639
- udm
- Alternate Names
- Votiak, Votyak
- Autonym
- Удмурт кыл (Udmurt kyl)
- Population
- 324,000 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Ethnic population: 554,000 (2010 census). Total users in all countries: 339,870.
- Location:
- Tatarstan republic; Udmurtia republic; near Ural Mountains, bounded by Kama and Cheptsa rivers.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened).
- Classification
- Uralic, Permian
- Dialects
- North Udmurt (Besermyan, Udmurt), South Udmurt (Southwestern Udmurt).
- Language Use
- The Besermyan are Udmurt-speaking Tatar. Some young people, all adults. Many children learn the language but only those living in remote rural areas continue to use it actively (Salminen 2007). Also use Russian [rus].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2013.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Udmurt
- Writing
- Cyrillic script [Cyrl]. Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian, traditional religion.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Kazakhstan
Language Name
Udmurt
User Population
11,000 in Kazakhstan (Leclerc 2017e).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Uzbekistan
Language Name
Udmurt
User Population
4,140 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Map
Location: Tatarstan republic; Udmurtia republic; near Ural Mountains, bounded by Kama and Cheptsa rivers.
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