Komi-Permyak[2] (перем коми кыв, IPA: [ˈperem ˈkomi kɨv],[3] or коми-пермяцкӧй кыв, IPA: [ˈkomi perˈmʲɑtskəj kɨv]), also known as Permyak, is one of two Permic varieties in the Uralic language family that form a pluricentric language, the other being Komi-Zyryan.

Only in the early years of the first decade of the 2000s has there begun a controversial process of replacing the offensive official name with a more correct one.

The central (new southern) and northern groups of Komi-Permyak are spoken in Komi Okrug of Perm Krai, where the language was standardized in the 1920s.

The central dialects, spoken in the Ińva river basin, differ considerably from the other Komi-Permyak dialects due to the general shift of etymological /l/ to /v/, then to /w/, and finally to the disappearance of the consonant, which has triggered significant changes in morphology.

The differences between the Kudymkar and Uliś Ińva dialects are mainly in accentuation: the Uliś Ińva has a phonological stress (the Öń too), whereas the Kudymkar dialect (like as Ńerdva) has a morphological one.

[5] The northern group of the Permian dialects (upon Kösva, Kama and Lup rivers) was under a strong Zyryan influence on all levels.

The Western Permian group is represented by another marginal dialect, Źuźdin (ca.

The alphabet (anbur, анбур) includes all the Russian letters plus two additional graphemes: і and ӧ. Komi-Permyak is an agglutinating language.

All Permian Komi nouns are declined for number, case and possession, adding special suffixes to word stems.

The plural marker of nouns is /ez/ (orthographically эз or ез) immediately following a word stem before any case or other affixes.

э or е), that is used combining with some weak forms of possessive suffixes, e.g. киэт 'your (Sg.)

The declensional paradigma is the same as by nouns, except the main accusative form, that became by adjectives suffix ö instead of öс or a null morpheme by nouns: адззи басöк нывкаöс 'I have found a beautiful girl' → адззи басöкö 'I have found a beautiful [girl]'.

The sative, excessive and diminutive compare the intensity of the quality with its basic degree.

The nominative case of personal pronouns are listed in the following table: Permian Komi verbs show tense (present, future, past), mood (indicative, imperative, evidential, optative, conditional and conjunctive), voice and aspect.

The verbal stem is a 2nd person singular of imperative mode: мун 'go', кер 'make'.