Udmurt people

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Udmurt
Total population

637,000 (2002); 746,562(1989)
Regions with significant populations
Udmurtia
Languages
Russian, Udmurt
Religions
Russian Orthodoxy
Related ethnic groups
other Finno-Ugric peoples (particularly Permic peoples such as the Komi)

The Udmurts are a people who speak the Udmurt language. Through history they have been known in Russian as Chud Otyatskaya (чудь отяцкая), Otyaks, or Votyaks (most known name), and in Tatar as Ar.

Most Udmurt people live in Udmurtia. Small groups live in the neighboring areas: Kirov Oblast and Perm Krai of Russia, Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, and Mari El.

Udmurt language belongs to Finno-Ugric languages.

The Udmurt population is shrinking; there are about 637,000 of them today, while there were 746,562 in 1989.

[edit] External links

This article related to an ethnic group is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.