Udmurt people

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The Udmurts are a people who speak the Udmurt language. Through history they have been known in Russian as Chud Otyatskaya (чудь отяцкая), Otyaks, or Votyaks (most known name), and in Tatar as Ar.

Most Udmurt people live in Udmurtia. Small groups live in the neighboring areas: Kirov Oblast and Perm Oblast of Russia, Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, and Mari El.

Udmurt language belongs to Finno-Ugric languages.