Language code: kv

Technical information about ISO 639 language code kv

The table below provides technical details for the Komi language, designated by the kv code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

kv

Name

Official

Komi

Native

Коми кыв

Family
Uralic
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Komi-ZyrianKomi-Permyak
Related languages
UdmurtYazva Komi
Key facts
Part of the Permic branch of the Uralic language familyFirst written records appeared in the 14th-century Old Permic (Anbur) script created by Saint Stephen of PermModern Komi spelling uses an extended Cyrillic alphabet that includes letters such as ӦAbout 200 000 people still speak Komi, but the number is steadily decreasingVocabulary preserves many archaic Uralic roots alongside a significant layer of Russian loanwords.
Sample phrase

Вӧлысь! Та дӧк?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

Komi belongs to the Uralic language family. It is one of the official languages in the Komi Republic in Russia. It is written using the Cyrillic script. It is estimated that there are more than 150,000 speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

152K

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Komi speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

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