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Western Mansi language

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Western Mansi
маньсь льӓх, моаньсь лаатых
Pronunciation[manʲsʲ lʲæx], [moɒ̯nʲsʲ laːtəx]
Native toRussia
RegionSverdlovsk
Extinctlate 20th century
Uralic
Dialects
  • Pelym
  • North Vagil
  • South Vagil
  • Lover Lozva
  • Middle Lozva
  • Vishera
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologwest2976
ELP
Traditional distribution and current Mansi settlements[1][2]
Western Mansi is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
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Western Mansi was described as "probably extinct" in 1988.[3] Although the last speaker is not known, none were left by the end of the 20th century.[4] It had strong Russian and Komi influences; dialect differences were also considerable.[5] Long vowels were diphthongized.

Phonology

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Consonants

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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
  • /w/ may also be pronounced as [β].

Vowels

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Western Mansi vowels[6]
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded
Close i, y, ɨ u,
Close-mid e, ɘ, ɘː o,
Open-mid ɔ, ɔː ML
Open æ, æː a, PM (ɑː) ML

(PM=Only present in Pelym Mansi | ML=Only present in Middle-Lozva Mansi)

  • The long /aː/ sound is heard as back [ɑː] in Middle-Lozva Mansi.

Diphthongs

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Diphthongs are listed as /oɒ̯/, /eæ̯/.[6]

References

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  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. ^ a b c Eichinger, Viktoria (2017). Westmansisch anhand der Textsammlungen von Munkácsi und Kannisto. Universität Wien.