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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 …