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Zyrian
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Zyrian [ˈzɪrɪən]
n
(Linguistics / Languages) the language of the people of the Komi Autonomous Republic, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family; Komi
adj
(Linguistics / Languages) (Social Science / Peoples) of or relating to this language or its speakers


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It is interesting to know that in Komi language in the same pattern with genitive ending -len (a) the personal suffix is optional, and (b) the pattern is used only with animate possessor (Sazhina 2005 : 73-74).
More so, the varying application manner of the 3PSg personal suffix *-sen in Finnic verbs--partly without the suffix, partly with the suffix--is similar to the analogous application of the 3P verbal inflection *-sV in Mordvin, Mari and Komi languages.
Hausenberg indicates numerous exceptional similarities between some of the east- and southward Finnic languages and Permic languages, in particular in case of the Veps, South Estonian and Komi languages and suggests, as a source of these similarities, a kind of a lost link in the chain of languages in the north-eastern area of Europe (Hausenberg 1996 : 180, 182; 2001 : 318; cf.
 
 
 
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