The position of the Komi-Yaz'va idiom in the Кomi languages based on phonetic, lexical, and morphological features: evidence from the LingvoDoc platform

The present article is devoted to determining the place of the Komi-Yaz'va idiom in the Komi dialect continuum. To this end, 8 dictionaries were analyzed using the programs of the linguistic platform LingvoDoc (search for cognates of languages / dialects, analysis of cognates of languages / dialects, glottochronology of languages / dialects, degree of morphological closeness between dialects / languages, and composite distance between languages). The dictionaries analyzed were Komi-Yaz'va, Upper Kama, Upper Sysola, Mysovsky and Kudymkarsky dialects. The comparative analysis of these dictionaries revealed that, in terms of phonetic, lexical, and morphological features, the Komi-Yaz'va idiom is significantly divergent from other Komi dialects. The degree of similarity with these dialects ranges from 86 to 88%, indicating that the Komi-Yaz'va is now considered a distinct language that has retained Proto-Komi language’s features.