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Komi Language and Writing Day
Бур лун! Сиа бур шуд! Good Day! Congratulations! The roots of the Komi literary language go back to the 14th century, when the famous Orthodox …
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Komi Language and Writing Day officially celebrated in Republic of Komi
The Head of the Republic of Komi, Vladimir Uiba, signed the decree on the establishment of the Komi Language and Writing Day in the Republic …
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Moscow splitting Finno-Ugric languages to promote assimilation to Russian, Mari linguist says
Moscow is currently promoting the division of the Mari language into two – the Lugo Mari and the Gorno Mari — to reduce the number …
I World Congress
1st World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, Russian Federation December 1–3, 1992 The head organizer of the Congress was the Komi Commitee for …
Komis
Names Originally, the word ‘komi’ probably referred to “people”. Komi have called themselves ‘komi voitõr’ (Komi people), ‘komi-mort’ (Komi person), ‘komijoz’ (Komis), ‘iz´vatas’ (Izhma-Komis). Komi-Zyrians and Komi-Permyaks Komis are comprised …
Finno-Ugric Peoples
According to recent studies, the peoples speaking Finno-Ugric languages have inhabited Europe for about ten millennia. It seems that before the “Great Migration”, mainly Finno-Ugric …