Khanty and Mansi: the contemporary linguistic situation

The ‘Bear Ceremonial’ and Bear Rituals among the Khanty and the Sami

“…One usually reckons with eight main dialects. Of the five different literary languages in use, the most important is the one based on the Middle Ob' dialects (Skribnik & Koshkaryova 1996). Culturally, the Khanty in the different areas are closely related to the other Ob-Ugrian people, the Mansi, but linguistically the two ethnic groups are clearly differentiated.…”

“…Niurenius [about 1640] 1905, 18 f.; Rheen [1671] 1897, 43-46; Lundius [late 1670s] 1905, 18;Högström 1747, 209-211; Holmberger [1770s] inHasselbrink 1964; cf. Zachrisson & Iregren 1974; Edsman 1994;1996; Korhonen 2008.…”

The vitality and revitalisation attempts of the Mansi language in Khanty-Mansiysk

“…The few short reports published by Russian authors (e.g. Skribnik andKoshkaryova 1996, Сподина 2011) often mention data on the two Ob-Ugric languages, Khanty and Mansi, together, making it difficult or impossible to apply the conclusions to the Mansi speakers only. On the other hand, authors do not generally distinguish between the language use experienced among Mansis living in the traditional territories and the multiethnic cities.…”

“…Language acquisition 7.1. Characterising the Mansi speakers according to age groups The Mansi speakers in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug can be roughly divided into three groups according to the correlation between age and command of the language (similarly toSkribnik and Koshkaryova 2006). The first group, the elderly speakers born before 1945, were born and raised in small Mansi settlements, in the traditional lifestyle, and with very little formal education.…”

Cselekvésneves szerkezetek a manysiban

“…Vö. Skribnik 2001 Figyelembe véve még azt is, hogy a nem-véges alakokon megjelenő (birtokos) személyjelölők csaknem teljesen homonimek a tárgyas ragozású igei személyragokkal, Skribnik és Janda (2012) azt feltételezik, hogy ezek a nem-véges affixumok, amelyek a "nem-véges múlt"-ból öröklődtek, a tárgyas igei személyragokkal azonosítódtak az információ-struktúra sztenderd eszközeinek hatására a melléknévi igenevek ragozott igeként (miratívként) való használata során. A második paradigma (alanyi ragozású személyragok) pedig egy másfajta információ-struktúra jelölésére jelent meg a particípiumokon.…”