Yukaghir languages

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Geographical distribution of Yukaghir, Finnic, Ugric and Samoyedic languages.      Yukaghir      Samoyedic      Ugric      Finnic

The Yukaghir languages are a family of related languages spoken in Russia by the Yukaghir, a Mongoloid people in Siberia, living in the basin of the Kolyma River.

The only two extant members are:

• Northern Yukaghir (also known as Jukagir, Odul, Tundra, Tundre, Yukagir)
• Southern Yukaghir (also known as Jukagir, Kolym, Kolyma, Odul, Southern Yukagir, Yukagir)

The relationship with other language families is mostly unknown, although it has been suggested that it is related to the Uralic languages (see Uralic-Yukaghir languages). The entire family is regarded as moribund[1].

[edit] See also

• Paleosiberian languages
• Uralic-Yukaghir languages

[edit] External links

• The Yukaghir Languages
• Yukaghir text sample - Declaration of Human Rights

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