1. Modern Udmurt language: social and cultural aspects Svetlana Edygarova, University of Tartu

2. Finno-Ugric languagesSamoyedic languages Nenets, Enets, Nganasan, Selkup, FinnicUgric Hungarian, Khanty, Mansi Baltic-FinnicVolga-FinnicPermic Finnish, Estonian,Mordvin (Erzya, Moksha, Komi, Komi Permyak, Livonian,Veps, Shoksha), Mari (Hill Mari,Udmurt Votic, Karelian,Meadow Mari) Ingrian, Sami Uralic language family Kamas

3. UDMURTS Name variants: “ar”, “arsk people”, “votyak” Ethnic name: “udmurt”, “udmort”, “ukmort” Location: Udmurtia, Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, Mari El, Perm and Kirov oblast

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7. Population of Udmurt Republic 1,64 million in general Udmurts 29.33 % Russians 60.12 % Tatars 4.3 % Others According to the last census of the population (2002) Udmurts are 637.000, 72 % speaks mother tongue In 1989 the figure was 715 000 Udmurt language is endangered language according to UNESCO red book on endangered languages

8. Udmurt is co-official with Russian language in Udmurt Republic

9. Studies: -Udmurt language as a mother tongue, -Udmurt literature, -History of Finno-Ugric languages, -Foreign languages (Finnish, Hungarian, English, German) -Summer school of Udmurt language for foreigners

10. Periodicals Udmurt dunne www.udmdunne.ruwww.udmdunne.ru Invozho http://www.invozho.ru/http://www.invozho.ru/ Kenesh Vorskem kyl Dzechbur! Kizili

11. Literature and arts Etnofuturism Motives of pagan culture Nature and civilization Contrastive expression Mythology

14. Religion - In ancient times Udmurts worshiped the powers of nature and pagan gods. Some of the religious structures and sites remain up to the present day in some Udmurt villages. Ancient priests used to pray and worship there. Some of the folk holidays take place there now (Gerber). - The religion of the Udmurts has strong animistic roots. They worship ancestors as well as the gods of the earth, forest, sky, water, house, sauna etc.

15. Southern Udmurts (19 th century)

16. Modern Southern Udmurts (2008)

17. Northern Udmurts from Kirovsky region (20 th century)

18. Northern Udmurts (2008)

20. Udmurt alphabet А Й Х Б К Ц В Л Ч Г М ӵ Д Н Ш Е О Щ Ё Ö Ъ Ж ПЫ ӝ Р Ь З СЭ ӟ ТЮ И УЯ ӥ Ф

21. Some words in Udmurt language Udm.Transcr.Fin. Eng. тыл [tyl]tulifire кык [kyk]kaksitwo кыл[kyl]kielitongue, language пу[pu]puutree вир [vir]veriblood лымы [lymy]lumisnow синм-[s “ inm] му[mu] муск-[musk] вöй[vöj]

22. Grammatical examples Udm. (Ton) pon-i-d kõk pu gur-e Est. (Sina) pan-i-d kaks puu-d ahj-u Eng.(You)puttwo(fire)wood oven-to ‘You put two pieces of firewood to the oven’

23. Declination EstonianUdmurt 1. Nominativemetss’ik 3. Genitivemetsas’ik-len 4. Partitive/Accusativemetsas’ik/s’ik-ez 5. Ablativemetsa-lts’ik-les’ 6. Allative/Dativemetsa-les’ik-ly 7. Adessivemetsa-ls’ik-len 8. Comitative/instrumental metsa-gas’ik-en 9. Abessivemetsa-tas’ik-tek 10. Inessivemetsa-ss’ik-yn 11. Illativemetsa-sses’ik-e 12. Elativemetsa-sts’ik-ys’(t) 13. Terminativemetsa-nis’ik-oz’ 14. Translativemetsa-ks- 15. Essivemetsa-na- 16. Egressive-s’ik-ys’en 17. Prolative-s’ik-eti 18. Approximative s’ik-lan’

24. Uralic morphosyntax in Udmurt language: comparative survey of possessive constructions in Udmurt and Uralic languages

25. Possessee marking Udm. korka-my Fin. talo-mme Hun. ház-unk house-Px.1PL ‘our house’ majority of Uralic languages (except Estonian, Livonian)

26. Morphologically distinguishes plural objects (in singular only) korka-os-yd house-PL-PX.2SG ‘your houses’ inalienable objects (in singular only) jyr-yd vs. korka-jed head-PX.2SG ‘your head’

27. No marking: Juxtaposition korka ös ‘house door’ House-NOM door-NOM In Komi, Mari, Mordvin, Hungarian, Nenets

28. Duble marking 1. korka-len ös-ez house-GEN door-Px.3SG ‘the door of the house’ Mari, Hungarian, Mordvin

29. 2. korka-les’ ös-s-e chigt-i-d house-ABL door-PX.3SG-ACC break-1PRET-2SG ‘you broke the door of the house’ Ul’cha-ys’ piosmurt-ez adzdz-i street-EL man-ACCsee-1PRET-1SG ‘I saw a man in the street’ Komi

30. Possessor marking Udm. Myn-am mylkyd kapchi I-GENmoodeasy ‘I am in good mood’ Fin. poja-n kirja boy-GEN book ‘boy’s book’ Komi, Mari, Mordvin, Hungarian, Finnic, Nenets

31. Possessive adjectives Udm. chagyr s’inm-o nyl blueeye-withgirl ‘a girl with blue eyes’ Fin. Tuma-tukka-inen mies ‘man with dark hair’ Komi, Estonian, Finnish

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