Molodtsov alphabet

Cyrillic Molodtsov alphabet

The Cyrillic Molodtsov alphabet (Komi: Молодцов анбур, Molodcov anbur) is an alphabet derived from Cyrillic that was used in the 1920s and 1930s to write two versions of the Komi language; Komi-Zyrian and Komi-Permyak. It was replaced by the Latin Molodtsov alphabet in 1931^[1] and later by the Cyrillic alphabet in the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

The letters particular to the Cyrillic Molodtsov alphabet are: Ԁ Ԃ Ԅ Ԇ Ԉ Ԋ Ԍ Ԏ (the hooks represent palatalization)

The Molodtsov alphabet

А а	Б б	В в	Г г	Ԁ ԁ	Ԃ ԃ	Е е	Ж ж	Җ җ	З з	Ԅ ԅ
Ԇ ԇ	І і	Ј ј	К к	Л л	Ԉ ԉ	М м	Н н	Ԋ ԋ	О о	Ӧ ӧ
П п	Р р	С с	Ԍ ԍ	Т т	Ԏ ԏ	У у	Ч ч	Ш ш	Щ щ	Ы ы

In addition, the letters Ф ф, Х х, and Ц ц might be used for words borrowed from Russian.

Latin Molodtsov alphabet

The Latin Molodtsov alphabet^[2] was prolifically employed in the Perm Oblast, where virtually all Komi-language publications from 1932 to 1936 were made in the Latin Molodtsov alphabet.

References

1. "Creating and development of the Komi literary language" in Tsypanov, Prof. E. A.; anonymous (tr.). "The Finno-Ugric language family". ReoCities. Retrieved 8 Dec 2011.
2. Русско-пермяцкий словарь для канцелярии. Kudьmkar: Komi-Permjackәj Izdat̡el̡ştvo. 1932 [Roça-komi kьvvez : natod̦il̡ kancel̡arija da sud uзьn].