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Permic

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The Permic, or Permian, languages are a branch of the Uralic language family spoken in several regions west of the Ural Mountains within the Russian Federation. The total number of speakers is around 950,000, of whom around 550,000 speak the most widely spoken language, Udmurt. Like other Uralic languages the Permic languages are primarily agglutinative with a rich system of grammatical cases, but unlike many other agglutinative languages they lack vowel harmony.

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Region
West of the Ural Mountains, Russian Federation 1
Speaker Count
950,000 1
Sources
1. Permic languages
  • Introduction, opening paragraph
    They are spoken in several regions to the west of the Ural Mountains within the Russian Federation.
  • Introduction, second sentence of opening paragraph
    The total number of speakers is around 950,000, of which around 550,000 speak the most widely spoken language, Udmurt.
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