UDMURT LANGUAGE

Udmurt (удмурт кыл, udmurt kyl) is a Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Udmurts, natives of the Russian constituent republic of Udmurtia, where it is co-official with the Russian language. It is closely related to the Komi language, together with which it forms the group fo Permic languages. It is written in the Cyrillic script with five additional characters. Linguistically, it is most closely related to Komi and Komi-Permyak.

Udmurt Alphabet:

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

Five of these characters (Ӝ/ӝ, Ӟ/ӟ, Ӥ/ӥ, Ӵ/ӵ, Ӧ/ӧ) are unique to the Udmurt alphabet.

See also

• List of endangered languages in Asia

External links

• Udmurt Language
• Literature
• Udmurtology: Udmurt Language, History and Culture
• The First Udmurt Forum
• Udmurt State University (has Udmurt Language Program for English speakers)

Udmurt language edition of Wikipedia

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