Editing Komi language (section)

==Dialects==
Komi has ten dialects: Syktyvkardin ([[Sysola]]), Lower [[Vychegda River|Ežva]] (Vychegda), Central [[Vychegda River|Ežva]] (Vychegda), Upper [[Vychegda River|Ežva]] (Vychegda), Luz-let, Upper [[Sysola River|Sysola]], [[Pechora River|Pećöra]], [[Izhma River|Iźva]], [[Vym River|Vym]], and Udora dialects. Syktyvkardin is spoken in the region of [[Syktyvkar]] and forms the model for the generic standard dialect of the language. Dialects are divided based primarily on their use of {{IPA|/v/}} and {{IPA|/l/}}:<ref name=B1>Bartens 2000, p. 47-49</ref>
* Older *{{IPA|/l/}} remains unchanged in Upper Ežva and Pećöra dialects (also in most dialects of Komi-Permyak).
* In Central dialects, {{IPA|/*l/}} changed to {{IPA|/v/}} syllable-finally; for instance, in literary Komi *{{IPA|/kɨl/}} → {{IPA|/kɨv/}} "tongue".
* In Northern dialects, changes of {{IPA|/l/}} continued with complete vocalization of syllable-final {{IPA|/l/}}, resulting in long vowels.

The start of the change date to the 17th century. It is not seen in the oldest Komi texts from the 14th century, nor in loanwords from Komi to [[Khanty language|Khanty]], dated to the 16th; though it fully occurred before Russian loanwords that entered the language in the 18th century as {{IPA|/l/}} remains unchanged in these.

Some dialects are further distinguished based on the palatalized alveolars {{IPA|/dʲ tʲ/}}, which have [[Unpacking (linguistics)|unpacked]] in syllable-final position as clusters {{IPA|/jd jt/}}.<ref name=B1/>