Western Mansi language

Western Mansi
Western Mansi
маньсь льӓх, моаньсь лаатых
Pronunciation	[manʲsʲ lʲæx], [moɒ̯nʲsʲ laːtəx]
Native to	Russia
Region	Sverdlovsk
Extinct	late 20th century
Language family	Uralic Finno-Ugric? Ugric? Ob-Ugric? Mansi Core Central Western Mansi; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Pelym; North Vagil; South Vagil; Lower Lozva; Middle Lozva; Vishera;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	west2976
ELP	Western Mansi
	Traditional distribution and current Mansi settlements
	Western Mansi is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
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Western Mansi is an Uralic language that was described as "probably extinct" in 1988.^[3] Although the last speaker is not known, none existed by the end of the 20th century.^[4]

Pronunciation[manʲsʲ lʲæx], [moɒ̯nʲsʲ laːtəx]

NativetoRussia

RegionSverdlovsk

Extinctlate 20th century

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The language had strong Russian and Komi influences and considerable dialect differences.^[5] Long vowels were diphthongized.

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		Labial	Alveolar		(Alveolo-) palatal	Velar
		Labial	plain	palatalized	(Alveolo-) palatal	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
Fricatives	voiced	(β) в				/ɣ/ г
Semivowels					/j/ й		/w/ в
Laterals			/l/ л	/lʲ/ ль
Trill			/r/ р

	Front		Central	Back
	unrounded	rounded	Central	Back
Close	i, iː	y, yː	ɨ	u, uː
Close-mid	e, eː		ɘ, ɘː	o, oː
Open-mid				ɔ, ɔː ^ML
Open	æ, æː		a, aː ^PM	(ɑː) ^ML

Western Mansi language

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