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Permic languages
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<p>The Permic or Permian languages are a branch of the <a href="/facts/Uralic_languages/4K0r9XRI">Uralic</a> language family. They are spoken in several regions to the west of the <a href="/facts/Ural_Mountains/gzNoPkt6">Ural Mountains</a> within the <a href="/facts/Russian_Federation/jfkCwyxn">Russian Federation</a>. The total number of speakers is around 950,000, of which around 550,000 speak the most widely spoken language, <a href="/facts/Udmurt_language/IUPQrbHj">Udmurt</a>. Like other Uralic languages, the Permic languages are primarily agglutinative and have a rich system of grammatical cases. Unlike many other agglutinative languages, they do not have <a href="/facts/Vowel_harmony/oQfPrTWV">vowel harmony</a>. </p><p>The earliest Permic language to be preserved in writing was <a href="/facts/Old_Permic/n7XLcRIo">Old Permic</a> or Old Zyryan, in the 14th century. </p>