Yugh people
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Yugh people (pronounced "yook"; often written Yug) were part of an indigenous group believed to be survivors of an ancient people who originally lived throughout central Siberia. The Yugh people lived along the Yenisei River from Yeniseisk to the mouth of the Dupches River.[1]
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[edit] Recent history
Previously the Yughs were considered part of the northern group of Ket people, but in the 1960's the Yugh were distinguished from the Ket, having their own distinct, although related Yugh language and customs. By the late 1980's the Yugh people, along with their language, had diappeared as a separate ethnic group. By the early 1990's the Yugh language was considered extinct, as only two or three non-fluent Yugh language speakers remained. The Yugh people and their extinct relatives are referred to as Yeniseians by linguists and ethnographers.[2]
[edit] Today
The ethnic population consists of 10 to 15 individuals who live in the Turukhan Region of the Krasnoyarsk Krai at the Vorogovo settlement.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Yugh. Ethnologue.com. Retrieved on 2006-10-27.
- ^ Vajda, Edward J.. The Ket and Other Yeniseian Peoples. Retrieved on 2006-10-27.
[edit] References
- Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition SIL International, Dallas, Tex.: 2005 ISBN 1-55671-159-X.
- Vajda, Edward J., Yeniseian Peoples and Languages : A History of Yeniseian Studies with an Annotated Bibliography and a Source Guide, Curzon Press: 2002 ISBN 0-7007-1290-9.
