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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 · 64.4°N 61.3°E

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

MeaningWordRomanization
motherся̄ньsâ̄nʹ
fatherа̄сьāsʹ
nameнамnam
friendрумаruma
tongueне̄лумnēlum
handка̄тkāt
heartсымsym
bloodке̄лпkēlp
skinсовsov
liverма̄йтmājt
waterвитьvitʹ
fireуляulâ
skyто̄румtōrum
rainраквrakv
snowтӯйтtūjt
windво̄тvōt
stoneа̄хвтасāhvtas
seaся̄рысьsâ̄rysʹ
treeйӣвjīv
leafлӯптаlūpta
dogа̄мпāmp
fishхӯлhūl
pigпӯрысьpūrysʹ
snakeялпыӈӯйâlpyňūj
louseта̄кумtākum
oneакваakva
twoкитыгkityg
threeхӯрумhūrum
fourнилаnila
fiveатat

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