Komi

Also known as kv, Komi-Zyryan language, Komi language

Uralic language that is spoken on the Republic of Komi, Russia

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Komi is a language spoken in the Republic of Komi, a region in Russia, and belongs to the Uralic language family. It represents an important part of the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Komi people native to that region.

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native label: Коми кыв
Wikimedia language code: kv
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 219100
Commons category: Komi language
short name: komicə
exact match: data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#Komi
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Komi (коми кыв, komi kyv, IPA: [komi kɨv] ), also known as Zyran, Zyrian or Komi-Zyryan (зыран коми кыв, zyran komi kyv), is the native language of the Komi (Zyrians). It is one of the Permic languages; the other regional varieties are Komi-Permyak, which has official status, and Komi-Yazva.

Komi is spoken in the Komi Republic and other parts of Russia such as Nenetsia and Yamalia. There were 285,000 speakers in 1994, which decreased to 160,000 in 2010.