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Udmurts

overview

Udmurts or by older name Votyaks belong together with Komis to Finno-Ugric Permian subgroup. There are two main groups - Southern and Northern Udmurts.

The 2002 census of Russian  Federation counted 636 906  Udmurts of which 429 411 (67,4 %) speak the Udmurt language.