Northern Mansi
ма̄ньси ла̄тыӈ
Northern Mansi is a Uralic language spoken in Russia, by about 1,000 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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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.
This article focuses on the Severnaya Sosva dialect of Northern Mansi, considered the literary language.
From Wikipedia · Northern Mansi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Northern Mansi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | ся̄нь | sâ̄nʹ |
| father | а̄сь | āsʹ |
| name | нам | nam |
| friend | рума | ruma |
| tongue | не̄лум | nēlum |
| hand | ка̄т | kāt |
| heart | сым | sym |
| blood | ке̄лп | kēlp |
| skin | сов | sov |
| liver | ма̄йт | mājt |
| water | вить | vitʹ |
| fire | уля | ulâ |
| sky | то̄рум | tōrum |
| rain | ракв | rakv |
| snow | тӯйт | tūjt |
| wind | во̄т | vōt |
| stone | а̄хвтас | āhvtas |
| sea | ся̄рысь | sâ̄rysʹ |
| tree | йӣв | jīv |
| leaf | лӯпта | lūpta |
| dog | а̄мп | āmp |
| fish | хӯл | hūl |
| pig | пӯрысь | pūrysʹ |
| snake | ялпыӈӯй | âlpyňūj |
| louse | та̄кум | tākum |
| one | аква | akva |
| two | китыг | kityg |
| three | хӯрум | hūrum |
| four | нила | nila |
| five | ат | at |
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