- Journal of Language and Linguistics Volume 1 Number 2 2002 ISSN 1475 - 8989 The Udmurt Language: Notes on its Status and Survival Karl A. Bernhardt University of Buckingham, UK View MS Word Version Abstract With the opening up of the former Soviet Union new areas have become visitable by scholars from the outside world. The Udmurt Republic and its native language, Udmurt, are exemplary in that ...www.shakespeare.uk.net/journal/1_2/bernhardt1_2.html