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Western Mansi
маньсь льӓх, моаньсь лаатых
Pronunciation[manʲsʲ lʲæx], [moɒ̯nʲsʲ laːtəx]
Native toRussia
RegionSverdlovsk
Native speakers
-
Dialects
  • Pelym
  • North Vagil
  • South Vagil
  • Lover Lozva
  • Middle Lozva
Language codes
ISO 639-3-
Glottologwest2976
Western Mansi is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.
Eastern Mansi
маньсь лынгх[1]
Pronunciation[mɒnʲsʲ lʲɘŋx]
Native toRussia
RegionKhanty–Mansi
Native speakers
? (last native speaker died in 2018)
Dialects
  • Lower Konda
  • Middle Konda
  • Upper Konda
  • Jukonda
Language codes
ISO 639-3-
Glottologeast2879
Eastern Mansi is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.

Possible Western Mansi Alphabet[edit]

А а Ӓ ӓ Б б В в Г г Д д Е е Ж ж З з
И и Й й Ј ј К к Л л М м Н н О о Ӧ ӧ
П п Р р С с Т т У у Ӱ ӱ Ф ф Х х Ц ц
Ч ч Щ щ Ш ш Ъ ъ Ы ы Ь ь Э э Ю ю Я я

Western References[edit]

  • Матпiинэл и Маркнэл Елпынг Евангелiи Маньсынгыш : От Матфея и от Марка святые Евангелия по-вогульски, изданные Британским и Иностранным Библейским Обществом. - Гельсингфорсъ : Типография Финского литературного общества, 1882. - 142 с. [1]

Eastern Mansi Alphabet[edit]

Eastern Mansi also known as the Konda language doesn't use special characters in it's alphabet, stated in the first-ever Konda-Russian dictionary

А а Б б В в Г г Д д Е е Ж ж З з
И и Й й К к Л л М м Н н О о П п
Р р С с Т т У у Ф ф Х х Ц ц Ч ч
Щ щ Ш ш Ъ ъ Ы ы Ь ь Э э Ю ю Я я

Phonology of Eastern Mansi[edit]

Considerable differences can be found between Eastern and Northern Mansi.

Consonants[edit]

Middle Konda Mansi consonants [2]
Labial Alveolar (Alveolo-)
Palatal
Velar
Plain Labialized
Nasals /m/
м
/n/
н
/nʲ/
нь
/ŋ/
нг
Stops /p/
п
/t/
т
/tʲ/
ть
/k/
к
/kʷ/
кв
Affricate
/sʲ/
сь
Fricatives /s/
с
/x/ [2] /ɣ/
х г
/xʷ/ [3] *ɣʷ [4]
хв (в)
Semivowels /j/
й
/w/
в
Laterals /l/
л
/lʲ/
ль
Trill /r/
р

Eastern References[edit]

  • E. A. Kuzakova (2001). Мансийско-русский словарь (кондинский диалект мансийского языка), По рассказу П. К. Чейметова «Ворыяп хумый» («Два охотника») [Mansi-Russian dictionary (Kondinsky dialect of the Mansi language), Based on the story by P. K. Cheymetov “Ворыяп хумый” (“Two Hunters”)] (PDF). Kondinsky district: local history museum. ISBN 5-7142-0369-0.

Phonology [2][edit]

Consonants[edit]

Eastern Mansi consonants
Labial Alveolar (Alveolo-)
Palatal
Velar
Plain Labialized
Nasals /m/
м
/n/
н
/nʲ/
нь
/ŋ/ [1]
нг [3]
Stops /p/
п
/t/
т
/tʲ/
ть
/k/
к
/kʷ/
кв
Affricate /sʲ/
сь
Fricatives /s/
н
/x/ [2]
х
/ɣ/ [1]
г
/xʷ/ [2]
хв
Semivowels /j/
й
/w/
в
Laterals /l/
л
/lʲ/
ль
Trill /r/
р

Some remarks:

  1. Neither in Middle nor Lower Konda do these appear at the beginning of words.
  2. In Middle Konda it does not appear in the beginning of words, but in Lower Konda it does.
  3. /ŋ/ is also spelled with just н if it comes before к or х. This rule does not include suffixes; like in мынгым /mənɣəm/

Vowels[edit]

Eastern Mansi vowels
Front Central Back
Unrounded Rounded Unrounded Rounded Unrounded Rounded
Close i K[1] y, K[3] u, K[3]
Close-mid ɘ, ɘː KM o, K[3]
Mid e~i
K [2] [3]
(ə)
Near-open æ, æː K
Open a, K [4] ɒ K

(KM=Present in Middle Konda | KU=Present in Upper Konda | K=Present in both)

Some remarks:

  1. Only present in palatal environments.
  2. It has the allophone /iː/.
  3. Neither in Middle nor Lower Konda do these appear in non-initial syllable positions.
  4. Neither in Middle nor Lower Konda do /aː/ appear in first syllable positions.

Diphthongs[edit]

In Middle Konda, the diphthongs are /øæ/ or /øæ̯/ and // found in both first and non-initial syllable positions.

In Lower Konda, the /æø/ diphthong is usually realized as /œ/ which is only found in first syllable positions, while /øæ/ is found in both first and non-initial syllable positions.

  1. ^ Mansi-Russian dictionary (Kondinsky dialect of the Mansi language), Based on the story by P. K. Cheymetov “Ворыяп хумый” (“Two Hunters”) page 48
  2. ^ Ob-Ugric database of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany; Phonology of Eastern Mansi [3]