Wiktionary:About Central Mansi

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About

Central Mansi is Uralic language, one of the three languages in the Mansi branch of the Ob-Ugric family. It encompasses 2 sub languages, the Western and the Eastern Mansi, dialects include:

• Western [W] ✝
  • Pelym [P]
  • North Vagil [ÉVag./VN]
  • South Vagil [DVag./VS]
  • Lower Lozva [AL/LU]
  • Middle Lozva [LM/KL]
• Eastern (Konda)
  • Upper Konda [FK/KO]
  • Lower Konda [AK/KU]
  • Midle Konda [KK/KM]
  • Jukonda [Ko./JU]

Orthography

Eastern

Unchanged Russian-Cyrillic script.

Western

A wieldy used standard wasn't present while it was spoken, but a reconstrution from Matthew and Mark Holy Gospels in Lower Lozva, published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1882. It used the Cyrillic script, almost identical to the Russian. Some of the differences include:

• Vowels: ӓ, ӧ, ӱ, (no long and short distinction in writing)

Pronunciation

• Grammar Sketch and tables for Ob-Ugric languages

Inflection

Central Mansi doesn't have inflection templates yet.

Etymology

If the word has Uralic roots, {{R:Uralonet|}} should be used as a reference.

Words can be looked up from this list.

For Proto-Mansi reconstructions and etymologies; {{R:Aikio:2015}}.

If the dialect is known of the word, in the entymology section it should be used with the proper code mns-eas or mns-wes.

Entries

If you wish to add new dialects to the already existing list, you can extend these modules:Module:labels/data/lang/mns-cen

If applicable, all entries should include other dialects of each language, as alternate forms:

If it's Western:

 ===Alternative forms===
 *{{alter|mns-cen|||Pelym Mansi|tr=TERM}}
 *{{alter|mns-cen|||Lower Lozva Mansi|tr=TERM}}
 *{{alter|mns-cen|||Middle Lozva Mansi|tr=TERM}}

If it's Eastern, and the source specifies which dialect:

 ===Alternative forms===
 *{{alter|mns-cen|||Middle Konda Mansi|tr=TERM}}
 *{{alter|mns-cen|||Jukonda Mansi|tr=TERM}}
 *{{alter|mns-cen|||Konda Mansi|tr=TERM}}

All entries must have a label beside the header, to indicate which dialect is it from:

===Noun===
{{head|mns-cen|noun}} {{tlb|mns-cen|Konda/Lozva/Pelym/Western...ect}}

# translation

Resources

See also: Category:Central Mansi reference templates