Dialects
The Mansi language is subdivided into four main dialects which are to a large degree mutually unintelligible, and therefore best considered four languages.
Northern Mansi (Sosva, Upper Lozyvin) has strong Russian, Komi, Nenets, and Northern Khanty influence. 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 and .
Western Mansi (Pelym, Vagily, Middle and Lower Lazyvin) went extinct ca. 2000. It had strong Russian and Komi influences. Long vowels were diphthongized.
Eastern Mansi (Kondin) is spoken by 100–200 people. It has Khanty and Tatar influence. There is vowel harmony, and for */æː/ it has, frequently diphthongized.
Southern Mansi (Tavdin) went extinct ca. 1900. It had vowel harmony and a strong Tatar influence and displayed several archaisms such as retention of /y/ (elsewhere merged with */æ/), /tsʲ/ (elsewhere deaffricated to /sʲ/), and /aː/ (elsewhere raised to /oː/).
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