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 Mansi Western Mansi; ;
Dialects	Pelym; North Vagil; South Vagil; Lover Lozva; Middle Lozva; Vishera;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	west2976
ELP	Western Mansi; 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 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

Consonants

Western Mansi consonants^[6]
		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

/w/ may also be pronounced as [β].

Vowels

Western Mansi vowels^[6]
	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

(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

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

References

^ 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.
^ 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
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Kálmán 1965, pp. 4–5.
^ ^a ^b ^c Eichinger, Viktoria (2017). Westmansisch anhand der Textsammlungen von Munkácsi und Kannisto. Universität Wien.

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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.

[salminen-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.

[FOOTNOTEKálmán19654–5-5] Kálmán 1965, pp. 4–5.

[:0-6] Eichinger, Viktoria (2017). Westmansisch anhand der Textsammlungen von Munkácsi und Kannisto. Universität Wien.

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