Northern Mansi

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Northern Mansi
ма̄ньси ла̄тыӈ, ма̄ньщи ла̄тыӈ mānʹsʹi lātyň
Pronunciation	[maːnʲɕi laːtəŋ] ⓘ
Native to	Russia
Region	Khanty–Mansi, Sverdlovsk
Native speakers	2,200 (2021)[1]
Language family	Uralic (Finno-Ugric ?) (Ugric ?) (Ob-Ugric ?) Mansi Northern Mansi
Dialects	Severnaya Sosva Sygva Upper Lozva Ob
Writing system	Cyrillic (Mansi alphabet)
Official status
Regulated by	Ob-Ugric Institute of Applied Science and Development
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mns (all Mansi varieties)
Glottolog	mans1258
ELP	Northern Mansi Northern Mansi
Map of regions where those who speak the extant Northern Mansi language. The gradient represents the uncertainty in where the language can be spoken. (2022)
Northern Mansi is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
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Northern Mansi (ма̄ньси ла̄тыӈ, pronounced [maːnʲɕi laːtəŋ] ^ⓘ) is the sole surviving member of the Mansi languages, spoken in Russia in the Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Sverdlovsk Oblast.

Northern Mansi has strong Russian, Komi, Nenets, and Northern Khanty influence, and is the literary Mansi language. There is no accusative case; that is, both the nominative and accusative roles are unmarked on the noun. */æ/ and */æː/ have been backed to [a] and [aː].

This article focuses on the Severnaya Sosva dialect of Northern Mansi, considered the literary language.